My Sausage Chowder Recipes

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven over medium heat, brown the sausage and onion. Slowly add the potatoes, water, parsley, basil, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add remaining ingredients; cook 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the sausage, onion and celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Stir in the water, potatoes and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Add corn; simmer 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour and pepper until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir into the sausage mixture.

Steps:

• Cut the shrimp, scallops, and monkfish into bite-sized pieces and place them in a bowl with the crabmeat.
• In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt the butter; add the carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, and corn and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are barely cooked, stirring occasionally. Add the flour; reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes. Add the Seafood Stock and bring to a boil. Add the seafood; reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, until the fish is just cooked. Add the heavy cream, if desired, and the parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
• Warm the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery and saute for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 1/2 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. You can make up the difference with water or wine if you need to.

Steps:

• Clean the head of cauliflower, break it up and retain the stems.
• Steam the cauliflower in the microwave until the stems pierce easily with the point of a knife.
• When cooled a bit, puree this with a stick blender.
• Meanwhile: saute the onion and celery with the sausage in a soup pot, breaking up the sausage as it cooks.
• Add the broth and tomatoes and seasonings and simmer until the celery is soft.
• Add the Neufchatel cheese, sour cream and the cauliflower and heat until the Neufchatel is melted.
• Vary the amount of broth according to how thick you like your chowder and how big the cauliflower head is. I have used chicken broth and added leftover cooked chicken, or added other chopped vegetables and made it with vegetable stock powder and water.