My Seafood Chowder

You know what's good to cook during winter night for dinner? A bowl of Seafood Chowder, one of our favorite dish, I know a lot of my friends take a look at the ingredients they just shake their head and said, wow.. that's too much to do and prepare, but honestly, not really. Especially the end result is going to be so yummmmm. so here it go,

Ingredients:

- 4 oz Crab meat, cooked

- 8 oz Snapper Fillets

- 8 oz Tiger Prawns

- 7 oz Scallops, chopped

- 7 oz Mussels

- 1 medium Onion, minced

- 2 stalks of Celery, chopped

- 1 Tbsp Butter- 1 1/2 tsp Thyme

- 1 big Potatoes, peeled, cooked and diced

- 1 1/4 tsp Celery Salt

- 2 cups double Cream

- 1 1/4 cups Milk

- 1 tsp Salt

- 1/2 tsp Pepper

- Paprika and Parsley

Precook:

- Potatoes and dice

- Mussels

Preparation:

Sauté onion in the butter until transparent. Add the thyme and celery salt, then remove from heat. In another saucepan, pour the double cream over the snapper fillets. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer slowly for 10 minutes or till the fish flakes easily. Remove the snapper, then break into small pieces and remove any bones. Add the onion mixture and the scallops to the snapper poaching liquid. Bring to barely a boil, then simmer for about 1 minute or till the scallops are opaque. Now add the snapper, crab meat, mussels, prawns, potatoes and milk. Heat through, but do not allow to boil. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve chowder in large soup bowls. Sprinkle each bowl with paprika and a small sprig of parsley in the centre. Serve seafood chowder immediately with your favourite soup crackers or bread. Enjoy!

p.s: I find that you can used whatever seafood you like, not necessary to follow the recipe, anything will do. :D As what I have done here too...