Seafood chowder

Serves: 4
Course: Starter
Cooking Time: 0 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 medium leek, trimmed, split lengthways, washed and sliced
  • 50g butter
  • 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced into 2cm chunks
  • 800ml chicken stock (use veg stock if you wish)
  • 1 fresh bay leaf – lightly crushed, if you have it
  • 250g mixed fish, ideally salmon, smoked haddock and one white fish
  • 250ml cream
  • Salt and pepper
  • Some chopped chives or dill to finish

1 Put the leeks into a pot with the butter. Cover and cook on a low heat for five minutes to allow the leeks to steam in their own buttery juices.

2 Add the potatoes, chicken stock and the bay leaf.

3 Bring to the boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes start to break up, then add the fish and cream.

4 Cook gently for five more minutes, before seasoning wth salt and pepper.

5 When ready to serve, scatter over the chives or dill.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford