{"id":4064,"date":"2020-11-07T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:44:16","slug":"clam-chowder-locke-obers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2020\/11\/07\/clam-chowder-locke-obers\/","title":{"rendered":"Clam Chowder, Locke Ober\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 6 Servings<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Locke-Ober<\/h6>\n<p>November 1991<br \/>Locke-Ober (ca.1875-2012), a Boston landmark was the third-oldest restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. It was once headed by Lydia Shire. It was known for many dishes like this clam chowder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>This is a THIN chowder. You can thicken it if you want, but without thickening it&#8217;s about milk consistency. Wonderful flavor, but thin.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">large russet potato, peeled, cut into \u00bd -inch cubes <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">medium onion, chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup (about) bottled clam juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cups chopped fresh clams or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">6\u00bd-oz cans chopped clams, drained, liquid reserved <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup whipping cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">3<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS chopped fresh dill or chives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt <strong>butter<\/strong> in heavy large saucepan over medium heat.<\/p>\n<p>Add <strong>potato<\/strong> and <strong>onion.<\/strong> Cook until <strong>onion<\/strong> is tender, about 6 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add enough bottled <strong>clam juice<\/strong> to reserved <strong>clam liquid<\/strong> to measure 2 cups. Add to <strong>saucepan.<\/strong> Cover and cook until <strong>potato<\/strong> is tender, about 12 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thicken:<\/strong> Pur\u00e9e up to 1\u00ad cup of the cooked <strong>potato<\/strong> in the pan with a stick blender or with just enough liquid to cover in a food processor or blender\u00a0 and add it back to the <strong>soup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add <strong>clams, cream<\/strong> and <strong>dill.<\/strong> Bring to simmer. Season with <strong>salt<\/strong> and <strong>pepper.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 6 Servings Locke-Ober November 1991Locke-Ober (ca.1875-2012), a Boston landmark was the third-oldest restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. It was once headed by Lydia Shire. It was known for many dishes like this clam chowder. Note: This is a THIN chowder. You can thicken it if you want, but without thickening it&#8217;s about milk consistency. Wonderful flavor, but thin. 1TBS butter 1large russet potato, peeled, cut into \u00bd -inch cubes 1medium onion, chopped 1cup (about) bottled clam juice 2cups chopped fresh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2020\/11\/07\/clam-chowder-locke-obers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/ClamChowder.jpg?fit=624%2C350&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4064"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55640,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064\/revisions\/55640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}