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Clam Chowder
Photo: Monika Grabkowska

Clam Chowder

9 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1258
Calories
78g
Protein
35g
Fat
156g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart clams
  • 4 cups potatoes cut in ¾-inch cubes
  • 1½ inch cube fat salt pork
  • 1 sliced onion
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 cups scalded milk
  • 8 common crackers

Directions

1

Clean and pick over clams, using one cup cold water, drain, reserve liquor, heat to boiling-point, and strain. Chop finely hard part of clams; cut pork in small pieces and try out; add onion, fry five minutes, and strain into a stewpan. Parboil potatoes five minutes in boiling water to cover; drain, and put a layer in bottom of stewpan, add chopped clams, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dredge generously with flour; add remaining potatoes, again sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour, and add two and one-half cups boiling water. Cook ten minutes, add milk, soft part of clams, and butter; boil three minutes, and add crackers split and soaked in enough cold milk to moisten. Reheat clam water to boiling-point, and thicken with one tablespoon butter and flour cooked together. Add to chowder just before serving.

2

The clam water has a tendency to cause the milk to separate, hence is added at the last.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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