From Deseret News archives:
Clam chowder is great chow for Super Bowl
Patriots fans can boast that the creamy New England version is older. Giants fans can note that the tomato-based Manhattan chowder is more colorful.
Culinary references seem to favor one or the other. The "Joy of Cooking" (Penguin Books, $18) uses the Manhattan style as its main recipe, adding that most New Englanders consider Manhattan clam chowder "an illegitimate child." Hmmm ... sounds like a little trash talking there.
Cook's Illustrated's "American Classics" (Boston Common Press, $29.95) contains two recipes for New England clam chowder but none for the Manhattan version. Maybe the fact that the company test kitchen is located just outside Boston has something to do with that.
Every year, readers ask for ideas on low-calorie Super Bowl fare. This Manhattan chowder fills the bill without screaming "Diet!"
On the flip side, here's the creamy chowder from the old Bratten's Grotto. The restaurant chain is long gone, but the chowder still holds fond memories for many Utahns.
MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER
4 teaspoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped fennel bulb
1 onion, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 32-ounce carton reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup canned no-salt added stewed tomatoes, coarsely chopped, juice reserved
1 8-ounce bottle clam juice
1 large Yukon Gold potato, scrubbed and chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 6 1/2-ounce can minced clams
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Heat oil in a large nonstick saucepan. Add fennel, onion, carrot and celery; cook until softened. Add broth, tomatoes and their juice, clam juice, potato, thyme, oregano and crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
Stir in clams with their juice, lemon zest and juice. Simmer until heated through (don't let it boil; the clams will be tough). Serves 6.
Nutrition per serving: 133 calories, 4 grams fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 415 mg. sodium, 18 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams fiber, 7 grams protein, 54 mg. calcium. WeightWatchers Points Value: 2. "WeightWatchers All-Time Favorites" (Wiley, $29.95)
BRATTEN'S CLAM CHOWDER
2 6 1/2-ounce cans of minced clams
1 cup finely diced onion
1 cup finely diced celery
2 cups diced potatoes
Recent comments
Does anyone have the recipe for "Bratten's Au Gratin Potatoes"
William | May 2, 2009 at 2:39 p.m.
This article was excellent. I loved eating at Bratten's, so I really...
Connie Hickman | Jan. 30, 2008 at 10:46 a.m.
- Prep football: Felt's Facts Week 11:03 a.m.
- Weiss new Tour of Utah director 10:54 a.m.
- Moguls skier Jeremy Bloom retires 10:51 a.m.
- Police probe synagogue vandalism 10:44 a.m.
- O'Connor's husband dies 10:36 a.m.
- Russia launches program for tigers 10:35 a.m.
- Veterans Day in Afghanistan 10:34 a.m.
- Drug industry presses FDA 10:31 a.m.
- Obama honors veterans 10:29 a.m.
- New dinosaur species found 10:21 a.m.
- SLC council OKs gay rights policies
- Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
- Utah Jazz have a problem at point
- Utah group finds homes for orphans
- Wyoming writer amazed by BYU
- 'Love story' of crash victim ends
- Hair-pulling raises more questions
- Y. tight ends talented tandem
- 4 Jazz players make All-Star ballot
- 12 Utes return to Texas
- House passes health care bill
268 - TCU showdown has big implications
188 - Lobo suspended
185 - Senators want food tax restored
157 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
155 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
131 - TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd
119 - SLC council OKs gay rights policies
112 - No 'backlash' for pioneers, gays analogy
107 - S.L. vote pending on gay protections
106
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants nationwide will honor...
The question here is who can best ensure that legislators represent the...
Tax the food, let the poor go on food stamps? What a joke! That doesn't solve...
Maybe all the lousy ant-gay PR Utah and SLC has had for a few years (since...
Dont you see it? Healthy debate is fine, but these people are dividing our...
There are 7 Countries in the World that Same-Sex Marriage is Legal, there a...
I don't care if your a lawyer or not. The government does not have the right...
" It is also strange, that Roman, Greek and other civilizations that accepted...
I worry a little about Hall getting hurt but he has been playing extremely...
If that kind of "retaliation" happened "all the time" in soccer then why is...
Antibiotics do nothing for a viral infection. Antibiotics treat a bacterial...


