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Seafood Recipes, Seafood Chowder with Dillisk and Carrageen



Seafood Chowder with Dillisk and Carrageen

Serves 4

Ingredients

450g of white fish/smoked fish fillets, skinned and boned such as cod or pollock

225g shellfish such as mussels or prawns

110g salmon

25g butter

55g streaky bacon

1 kilo mixed vegetables – Onion, leek, carrot, diced potatoes

570ml water

570ml milk

7g dillisk

7g carrageen

Salt and freshly milled black pepper

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Dillisk

Purple reddish sea vegetable.

Dillisk is high in iron.

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Carrageen

Bushy reddish purple sea vegetable.

Also known as Irish moss, widely available around the Irish coast and from irish food exporters/importers.

Rich in calcium and other essential vitamins and minerals.

Method

Cut all fish into cubes approximately 1cm cubed

Dice all the vegetables

Cut the streaky bacon into strips

Melt the butter, add the bacon and cook until it is crisp

Add all the vegetables (except the potatoes) and sweat the vegetables - do not colour - for approximately 5 minutes

Add water, dillisk and carrageen and cook for 10 minutes

Add the potatoes and milk

Simmer until the potatoes are soft

Add all the fish, and shellfish, cook for 3-5 minutes

Check seasoning

To Serve

Serve sprinkled with parsley and chives

----- For variety

-----Saffron Chowder

Add a few crushed strands of saffron and a little cream before final cooking

-------Tomato Chowder

Add fresh or tinned tomatoes and a dessert spoon of puree to vegetables, use an extra 100g of carrots

------Green Spinach Chowder

Add some spinach when adding the fish and shellfish.

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