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Chef Glenn MacNayer's Cape Cod Clam Chowder
By FBWorld Team

There's nothing quite like an authentic Cape Cod Clam Chowder. So, for National Clam Chowder Day on Feb. 25, chowder lovers can whip up a homemade soup courtesy of Executive Chef Glenn MacNayer of Red's Restaurant & Lounge at Cape Cod's beloved Sea Crest Beach Hotel.
Red's Cape Cod Clam Chowder

Recipe yields: 1 gallon of chowder (between eight and 12 portions)

Ingredients:
1 lb. Fresh Chopped Littleneck Clams
2 cups Clam Juice
1 cup Chablis Wine
1 bunch Celery (diced small)
1 lg. Celery Root (diced small)
1 lg. Vidalia Onion (diced small)
5 cloves Garlic (sliced thin)
4 large Maine Potatoes (diced 1/4" by 1/4")
1 pound Portuguese Chorizo (diced small)
1/2 3 Apple Smoked Bacon (diced small)
1 bunch Fresh Thyme
4 Fresh Laurel Leaves (bay leaves not dry)
Kosher Salt (to taste)
Fresh Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
2 qts. Extra Heavy Cream
Tabasco (to taste)

Procedures:
1. You will need a heavy gauge pot with a thick bottom.

2. Begin by sautéing the bacon, chorizo, onions, celery and garlic together with the butter

3. Take the thyme and fresh bay leaves and wrap them with cheesecloth (this is a called a bouquet garni.) Add the bouquet garni and cook until bacon and sausage have been rendered down and the vegetables are translucent and tender.

4. Add the flour and continue to sauté until flour is completely incorporated in the fat of the pan

5. Add wine, clam juice and potatoes and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes. The potatoes should be tender and the liquid reduced by half.

6. Add the cream, salt, pepper, Tabasco and chopped clams. Cook for another 20 minutes on low heat.

7. Check seasoning and serve with a few littlenecks lightly steamed in the shell, some toasted bread and a nice chilled glass of a buttery Chablis or Chardonnay.

Enjoy!

 

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