Manhattan Seafood Chowder with Chorizo and Roasted Vegetables

Manhattan Seafood Chowder with Chorizo and Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients
  

  • ½ fennel bulb
  • 1 medium red onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 parsnips
  • 1 red pepper
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 6 slices of smoked bacon, chopped in small pieces
  • 4-ounces Spanish style, hard chorizo sausage, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 large shallot, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • ¾ cup dry white wine
  • 3 cups tomato juice
  • 3 cups fish or chicken stock
  • 3 cups seafood or vegetable stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped
  • 2 tsp. marjoram or oregano
  • 2 tsp. smoked paprika
  • Salt and pepper, to season
  • 3 Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • 2-pounds seafood, your choice (clams, mussels, scallops and shrimp are great choices; fish like cod, salmon or halibut, cut into bite sized pieces, are also great choices)

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
  • Chop the fennel, carrots, parsnips, red pepper and celery into bite sized pieces; toss the vegetables in 3 tbsp. olive oil and season with salt and pepper; place in a single layer on a baking sheet.
  • Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the vegetables are slightly browned and fork tender; turn the vegetables once during the cooking time.
  • In a sauté pan, cook the bacon until crisp.
  • In the last few minutes of cooking the bacon, add the chopped chorizo sausage; drain off the fat.
  • In a large pot or large Dutch oven, over medium heat, add the olive oil, shallots and garlic; sauté for just a minute to soften.
  • Add the white wine and simmer gently until reduced to about half the volume.
  • Add the roasted vegetables, along with the previously cooked bacon, sausage, tomato juice, fish stock, vegetable stock, bay leaf, thyme, marjoram, smoked paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Simmer very gently for 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Add the seafood and bring the chowder back up to a very slow simmer.
  • Cover and let the fish and shellfish simmer for 10 minutes.
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