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Irish Seafood Chowder

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Irish Seafood Chowder

Soup
⏱ 45 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐

White fish, salmon, and shellfish simmered in cream — a soup loved in the pubs of Ireland's west coast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ireland is surrounded by sea, and seafood chowder is a specialty especially in west-coast pubs. White fish, smoked fish, salmon, and mussels are simmered with potatoes and finished mellow with cream. It's classically served with brown soda bread and butter.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a pub in a small west-coast harbor town, people warm up with creamy chowder and brown bread while watching the rough Atlantic out the window.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Steam the clams open with white wine and separate the meat from the cooking liquid.

  2. Melt butter in a pot, sauté the chopped onion and celery, and sprinkle in the flour.

  3. Gradually add the cooking liquid and 300ml water, add the diced potatoes, and simmer 10 minutes.

  4. Add bite-sized pieces of white fish and salmon and simmer 5 minutes.

  5. Add the milk, cream, and clam meat, heat through, and season with salt.

  6. Ladle into bowls and scatter with dill.

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