Seafood Chowder

Ok, this may or may not be classed as a chowder, but it is something like it. I had some seafood in the freezer to use up and decided to make a chowder or stew, whatever you want to call it with what I had.

Any kind of seafood can be added, try scallops, crab meat, clams, salmon, haddock or oysters if you want to be posh!

Basically a thickened creamy soup, chowder can be served as a starter or a main meal. 

I used a marinara mix as it has a great selection of seafood in it and it is easy to find and relatively cheap to buy.

Ingredients

3 tbsp butter

1 onion, diced

1 carrot, diced

1/8 tsp dried thyme

3 tbsp plain flour

350 g potatoes, peeled,  

                    roughly chopped

   150 g sweet potato, peeled,

                    roughly chopped

3 cups fish stock

3/4 cup tin corn kernels, drained

300 g marinara mix

300 g large prawns

3/4 cup light cream

1/2 cup white wine

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

Method

1.  Heat butter in a large pan. Cook onion, carrots and thyme until tender and golden. Sprinkle over flour, stirring constantly, saute for another minute.

2.  Gradually add the stock. Cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes until it gets to a gentle simmer. Add both kinds of potato, corn, wine and salt & pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat, cover and lightly boil for 10 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

3.  Stir in seafood and cream, cook until fish is flaky and fully cooked. Serve with crusty bread.

Enjoy served with a chunk of warm crusty bread or garlic bread.