Simple seafood chowder

A chunky, creamy soup with salmon and smoked haddock, mixed shellfish and potatoes - a hearty meal

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 100g streaky bacon, chopped
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 600ml fish stock, made from 1 fish stock cube
• 225g new potato, halved
• pinch mace
• pinch cayenne pepper
• 300ml milk
• 320g pack fish pie mix (salmon, haddock and smoked haddock)
• 4 tbsp single cream
• 250g pack cooked mixed shellfish
• small bunch parsley, chopped
• crusty bread, to serve

Directions

1. STEP 1
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, then add the onion and bacon. Cook for 8-10 mins until the onion is soft and the bacon is cooked. Stir in the flour, then cook for a further 2 mins.
3. STEP 2
4. Pour in the fish stock and bring it up to a gentle simmer. Add the potatoes, cover, then simmer for 10-12 mins until the potatoes are cooked through.
5. STEP 3
6. Add the mace, cayenne pepper and some seasoning, then stir in the milk.
7. STEP 4
8. Tip the fish pie mix into the pan, gently simmer for 4 mins. Add the cream and shellfish, then simmer for 1 min more. Check the seasoning. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with some crusty bread.