Cooking notes

Smoked haddock chowder with corn and dill

Name: Smoked haddock chowder with corn and dill
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nordic
Ingredients: 12 oz Smoked haddock; 1 lb Yukon Gold potatoes; 3 cups Whole milk; 2 cups Corn kernels; 0.5 cups Heavy cream; 2 ea Leek; 2 tbsp Fresh dill; 2 ea Celery; 2 cups Fish or chicken broth; 2 ea Bay leaf

Gentle simmer, large flakes of fish, lemon on the side. Taste before salting — smoked fish may have done it. Smoke and dairy want acid, not a buttery white that doubles the cream. Chenin Blanc, Vouvray sec, or a dry cider; scotch highball with extra ice and lemon peel; lemon-dill iced tea if skipping alcohol.

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Base recipe

This is the base recipe: one batch, 6 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.

Base recipe · one batch, 6 portions20 min active32 min totalmoderate

Wine / drink pairing

Smoke and dairy want acid, not a buttery white that doubles the cream.

Chenin Blanc, Vouvray sec, or a dry cider; scotch highball with extra ice and lemon peel; lemon-dill iced tea if skipping alcohol.

Ingredients · one batch

Smoked haddock12 oz
Yukon Gold potatoes1 lb
Whole milk3 cups
Corn kernels2 cups
Heavy cream0.5 cups
Leek2 ea
Fresh dill2 tbsp
Celery2 ea
Fish or chicken broth2 cups
Bay leaf2 ea

What does not scale

Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.

Cooking time: About 35 minutes on the stove at this scale. Bringing a bigger volume up to temperature takes longer than the multiple suggests; the simmer afterwards does not.

Method

Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for smoked haddock chowder with corn and dill, not a certified kitchen test.
Amounts below are one batch: 6 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
Stovetop occupancy is about 35 minutes at this scale. Bring to a simmer, finish, hold covered.
Holds about 20 minutes once finished. After that, quality drops — do not invent extra time.
Drink pairing: Chenin Blanc, Vouvray sec, or a dry cider; scotch highball with extra ice and lemon peel; lemon-dill iced tea if skipping alcohol.
Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.

Make-ahead

Day-of only. Do not make this ahead and invent a hold.

Scaling

Base recipe: one batch, 6 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 35 minutes at the stove either way.

Not every line here was multiplied by the same number. Why doubling a recipe is not multiplication

Equipment

Stovetop · Cold storage · Landing space

Planning filters

contains fish · contains dairy

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