Seafood Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. finely minced onion
1/4 c. butter, melted
2 c. chicken or fish stock
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. finely chopped carrots
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 lb. fish fillets, cut into bite size pieces
3 c. milk
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. light cream
1 c. cooked crabmeat
2 (6 1/2 oz.) cans minced clams with liquid

Preparation

Saute onion in butter for 3 minutes; add stock, celery, carrots,
salt,
pepper, bay leaf and thyme.
Simmer gently 10 to 15 minutes.
Add fish;
simmer 5 minutes.
Remove bay leaf. Make smooth
thin
paste
of 1 cup milk and flour.
Add to hot mixture and
cook,\tstirring, until thick.\tStir in remaining milk, cream, crab meat and clams.
Serves 6.