Rocky Point Clam Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb salt pork, chopped into small pieces
1 lb onion, chopped
1 gallon clam juice
1 lb potato, diced
1 tablespoon paprika
2 cups canned tomato puree
1 1/2 quarts chopped quahogs or 1 1/2 quarts clams
water, as needed
salt & pepper
Old Bay Seasoning
pilot cracker

Preparation

In a large stockpot, heat the salt pork until fat melts.
Add chopped onions; Cook over gentle heat until very soft.
Add clam juice, potatoes, seasonings, tomato puree, and alittle water; simmer until the potatoes are soft.
Add quahogs/clams.
Heat and taste for seasoning.
TIP: It is best to use old, not new, potatoes because they thicken the chowder with their starch.
This is not a thick chowder, but can be thickened by crushing Pilot crackers and adding to the chowder near the end of cooking.