Conch Chowder

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb queen conch, chopped (thawed and tenderised by smacking with meat mallet)
• 2 cups clam broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup dry wine
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 tomatoes (blanched, peeled,seeded and chopped)
• 4 celery ribs, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 sweet red pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 large potato, random diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
• 1 cup heavy cream
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 3 tablespoons rum (goslings black seal if possible)
• sherry pepper sauce

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy-bottomed pot large enough to hold all the ingredients, simmer the conch in the clam juice and water for an hour.
• 2 add the wine, onions, tomatoes, celery, carrots, potatoes, parsley and peppers and simmer another hour.
• 3 add the thyme, heavy cream, rum, salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 before serving, add a few dashes of sherry peppers sauce.