Recently I had the honor of being invited to guest host at Frugal Foodie Mama’s monthly Pinspiration in the Kitchen party. Of course, I accepted. Carrie is one of my first bloggy friends, she has a great blog and she guest hosted at the premiere of my guest-host addition of Marvelous Mondays!
What is Pinspiration in the Kitchen? Find. Pin. Bake. That pretty much sums it up. Pin recipes you want to try one day, make them and then share them on your blog.
I decided to make New England Clam Chowder for this occasion. I have never made clam chowder but I’ve always wanted to. I found a few recipes and narrowed it down to this recipe. Of course, that’s my pin but you will find my version of the recipe below.
Ingredients
- 4 small baking potatoes, peeled and diced
- 8 oz of bacon, diced
- 1 large onion. chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 10oz bottles of clam juice
- 2 cans of chopped clams, juice reserved
- 1/4 tsp of dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp of white pepper
- 1 cup of water
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup of white wine
- 2 cups of whipping cream
- 1/3 cup of cornstarch
- 1/4 cup of butter
- Salt for taste (I didn’t add any; it depends on your taste preference)
Directions
1. In a large pot, cook the bacon over medium-high heat.
2. Add the thyme, white pepper, onion, garlic and celery. Cook until tender.
3. Add the potatoes, water, clam juice, clam juice from the canned clams and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
4. Prepare the cream base:
- Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a sauce pan
- Whisk in the cornstarch
- Whisk in the cream
- Bring to a boil and whisk often to ensure that the sauce doesn’t burn
5. Add the cream base to the soup. Mix well.
6. Add salt to taste, if desire
Hi Julie – you have inspired me to schedule a Food on Friday Soup! I'll wait a wee while for the season to change before posting it though. Hope you are having a good week.
Hi Julie – saving this one for sure – my favorite!!! Looks delish!
This looks so good! My husband is a huge fan on New England clam chowder, I'm going to have to try this recipe! Thanks so much for linking up to the CHQ Blog Hop this week! Please stop by again next week! Also, our Keep Calm and Link Up party is live right now! Would love to see this recipe linked up!
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This is actually on my list of recipes to make soon!
I have never made clam chowder from scratch before, believe it or not. 
This looks so good too!
Thank you so much for co-hosting and for linking up at the Pinspiration in the Kitchen Party!
Mmmmm…looks good! Clam chowder has been on my to-do list for a long time…Where did you find the clams and clam juice? Are they fresh? Canned? Thanks!
this does look quite yummy! i have honestly never been a big fan of clam chowder…but this does look good!
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I live in NY and it is bloody (and I mean red chowder) hard to get a good New England clam chowder. You see I'm from CT. I think I need to make my own. thanks for sharing your classic recipe on foodie friday.
This sounds tasty! Now I'm craving clam chowder – I will be making it as soon as it's not 100+ degrees outside. By the way – Love the new blog design & name