Simple Way to Make Homemade Manhattan Clam Chowder

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, manhattan clam chowder. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Manhattan Clam Chowder is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Manhattan Clam Chowder is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have manhattan clam chowder using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Manhattan Clam Chowder:

1. Get 3.5 lbs. of large clean clams
2. Prepare 1/3 lb. bacon (cut into small cubes)
3. Take 4 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain
4. Prepare 1 chopped onion
5. Make ready 2 stalks chopped celery
6. Make ready 1 lb. potatoes (2 medium sized potatoes) cut into 2 cm cubes
7. Make ready 1 leek (sliced)
8. Prepare 1 bay leaf
9. Take 34 oz. (1 liter) fish stock
10. Prepare 16 oz. chopped canned tomatoes
11. Take 2 tablespoons parsley
12. Make ready Salt and pepper

Steps to make Manhattan Clam Chowder:

1. To clean the clams, first discard any that are open or broken. Put them into a bowl with cold water and add some salt. Leave them for about 30 minutes to an hour. Then, remove the clams with your hands and put them into a clean pot.
2. Heat the Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain (about 2 tablespoons) in a shallow pan and sauté the onion and celery for 5 minutes. Next, add the bacon and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Pour the stock into the pan and add the potato, leek, tomato and bay leaf. Stir and cover. Cook for 15 minutes, season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat.
4. In another pan, without water, cook the clams for 5 minutes until they open. Remove them and separate them from their shells, keeping some aside in their shells for serving.
5. Lastly, add the clams to the soup and serve in individual bowls with some of the clams in their shells. Add a splash of Picual Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain which will lend it some sharp, peppery nuances. Finish with a sprinkle of chopped parsley on top.
6. TIP: if you’re serving the dish on a slate, you can use the Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain to give it a bit of luster. Dampen a napkin with some olive oil and rub it over the slate to give it the shine you want.

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