Clam Chowder

Oh how I miss Chicago during this type of weather!!! Cold in the mornings, then some sense of cool with a chance of rain...Definitely the weather for a homemade soup, huh? Great! because after much delay, I've made Clam Chowder soup for my family today...I got tired of hearing my wife complain about the clam chowder soups she had been trying in restaurants... So here it goes...

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs of fresh clams
5 big sprigs of dill
2 tbsp butter
3 cans of cream of celery
2 cups of heavy whipping cream
6 cups of chicken broth
6-7 cubed potatoes
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 small chopped onion
1 cup uncooked bacon


Steps:

First start of by cooking the bacon. After done, saute the small 1/2 onion with the bacon. After the onion turns translucent remove from heat and set aside. On a saucepan, proceed to boil 3 cups of hot water. Chop fresh clams into small tiny pieces and add to boiling water. Boil for 2 minutes then add just the clam water ( save clams for later in the recipe) and chicken broth to the bacon and onion and boil. After ingredients reach a boil again,add diced potatoes, cover and boil for 10 minutes. After ten minutes, add sea salt, minced dill, chopped clams, butter, heavy whipping cream, and cream of celery. Heat soup slowly for 10 minutes and remove from heat. Enjoy with oyster crackers. Yields 4-6 people.