White Wine Sauce

This quick and simple sauce is great for fish or white meats like pork or chicken or even just over potatoes or pasta.

Ingredients

15g / 1/2 oz butter
3 shallots/2 medium onions, chopped finely
300ml / 1/2 pint white wine
300ml / 1/2 pint chicken stock
400ml / 3/4 pint creme fraiche

Method

1. In a medium saucepan melt the butter
2. Add the shallots/onions, cook until soft
3. Add the white wine and bring to the boil
4. Leave to reduce to half
5. Add the chicken stock and reduce again by half
6. Add the creme fraiche and continue to reduce the sauce until thick and creamy

Makes : 300ml
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking time : 40 mins

New England Clam Chowder

I was about 8 I think, and we were traveling down the east coast of America. We stopped for a few days in a little fishing town called Kennebunkport in New England. It was here that I tasted the most delicious Clam Chowder from the Clam Shack. The smell from the little caravan was so enticing that we found ourselves wandering over despite ourselves. Heaven in a polystyrene cup. I stumbled across this recipe a while ago and have been saving it for the cold winter's nights. I wasn't disappointed.

Ingredients

1/4 lb salt pork, chopped

1 onion, sliced thinly

1 cup diced celery

2 cups clams with liquid, chopped

1 cups diced potatoes

1 cup water

3 cups milk

salt & pepper

Method

1.In a large saucepan brown the salt pork

2.Drain all but 1 tblsp of fat

3.Add the onion and celery, sauté until tender

4.Add the clams and liquid, potatoes and water, bring to the boil

5.Simmer for 20 mins or until the potatoes are tender

6.In a saucepan scald the milk

7.Add the milk to the soup, season with salt & pepper

Serves : 6

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 -30 mins