Salmon and Potato Chowder with Cream

Ingredients:

• 1.5lb of salmon fillet
• 1.5lb of potato
• 1 big onion
• 1.5 cups of heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons of potato starch
• 3 bay leaves
• 6 cups of water
• 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
• A tablespoon of butter
• Half of lemon
• Bunch of green parsley
• Ground black pepper
• Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients: if salmon has scale remove it, remove also any remaining bones:

   

2. In a cooking pot, warm up 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil over moderate heat, peel and chop onions, fry them until softened and colored, stir from time to time:

   

3. Add 6 cups of water:

   

4. Bring to boil and add bay leaves:

   

5. Peel potatoes and dice them for soup, add to the pot:

   

6. Cook potatoes until almost ready, then add salmon diced into portion pieces:

   

7. Cook fish over light simmer for about 5 mins, then add heavy cream:

   

8. Dilute potato starch in 1-2 tablespoons of water and pour to the cooking pot then let chowder simmer until desired thickness (5-8 mins):

   

9. Add about tablespoon of butter, wait until it melted then remove pot from the burner:

   

10. Add juice of half of the lemon:

    

11. Chopped green parsley:

    

12. Salt to taste:

    

13. And season with ground black pepper:

    

14. And mix, salmon and potato chowder with heavy cream is ready:

    

15. Serve it hot on any cold day to warm up: