Cockle chowder

Name: Cockle chowder
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 50 cockles in shells, washed.; 2 onions, finely chopped.; 4 rashers lean bacon, chopped.; 2 cloves garlic, crushed.; 1 cup medium white wine.; 1 lemon, juiced.; 3 tablespoons chopped chives.; 2 tablespoons butter.; 1 cup potato, diced.; White pepper.; 2 cups fish stock.; 2 tablespoons cream.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Grant Dixon
Prep:10 minutes Cook:15 minutes Difficulty:2

Ingrediants:

50 cockles in shells, washed.
2 onions, finely chopped.
4 rashers lean bacon, chopped.
2 cloves garlic, crushed.
1 cup medium white wine.
1 lemon, juiced.
3 tablespoons chopped chives.
2 tablespoons butter.
1 cup potato, diced.
White pepper.
2 cups fish stock.
2 tablespoons cream.

Directions:

In a large saucepan cook onions, garlic and bacon until soft and golden.
Pour in stock, lemon juice and wine, bring to the boil.
Add potatoes and simmer until cooked.
Blend mixture in food processor until smooth.
Return to the pan, bring to the simmer and add shellfish and cream.
Cover until shellfish start to open.
Remove shellfish and place in serving bowls.
Bring remaining liquid back to the boil. Take off heat and add chives.
Pour back over shellfish and serve immediately.
Great with focaccia bread.

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Paua
Paua It is little wonder that black marketers seek out paua; such is its pulling power.
Referred to as ‘back gold’ by the poachers, paua fetches a good price on both the legitimate and black markets, with much of the ill-gotten gain smuggled out of the country. Unfortunately its popularity and shrinking stocks put it outside the reach of the average household, unless you are lucky enough to be close to a coast where there are good paua populations at hand.
The common black-foot paua has to be 125mm in length. The average size and abundance improves the further south you travel. A rarity in the Far North for all but a few in the know, in the South Island paua is common tucker enjoyed by many.