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Danielles Seafood Chowder

I wanted to serve a different dish from the usual seafood casserole so I played with the dish and came up with this.

Ingredients

    • �� cup butter
    • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • 1 onion, minced
    • �� cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 quart half-and-half, or as needed
    • 2 cups bar clams, drained with juice reserved
    • �� cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
    • 2 potatoes, cubed
    • 2 cups cream-style corn
    • 1 large ear corn, kernels cut from the cob
    • 1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes
    • 1 ½ cups water, or as needed
    • sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste
    • 1 fresh haddock fillet, cut into 1-inch pieces
    • 2 cups large shrimp, peeled and deveined
    • 1 cup canned lobster meat, with juice

Directions

  1. Melt butter with olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat; stir in onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Whisk flour into butter mixture; whisk in half-and-half and juice from drained clams.
  2. Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into onion mixture until melted, about 2 minutes; stir in potatoes, cream-style corn, corn kernels, and cherry tomatoes. If soup is very thick, stir in water, about 1/2 cup at a time, as desired; bring soup to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Season with sea salt and pepper.
  3. Stir drained clams, haddock, and shrimp into soup; simmer until haddock and shrimp are fully cooked for 5 minutes. Stir in lobster and its juice; cook just until heated through.