Clam Chowder

Source: Molly

Ingredients

• 3-4 large potatoes peeled and 1/2 cubed. Boil 7 minutes in lightly salted water. Drain.
• 3-4 strips bacon, lardoned. Fried til crispy. Keep fat.
• 1 good sized onion. Chopped.
• 3 ribs celery. Chopped.
• 3 cans minced clams
• Bottle clam juice
• Cream.
• Maybe some chicken stock.
• Tabasco.

Directions

Fry bacon. Take out of grease when crispy. Drain. Sauté onion and celery in fat til soft. Add scoop of butter. 2-3 tbls Melt and sauté all for a minute. 2-3 tablespoons flour. Mix with veg til flour pasted. Cook 1 min. Add potatoes. Mix it up. Add 1/2 bottle clam juice. Mix. Add 1/2 cup cream. Mix. Add clams and their juice. Adjust thickness by adding stock. 4-8 dashes of Tabasco. Add bacon. Stir. Salt and pepper to taste.