Seafood Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

• 5 strips thick-sliced bacon, diced
• ½ cup diced onion
• ½ cup diced fennel bulb, fronds reserved
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 3 bottles clam juice (8 oz. each )
• 1 ½ cups peeled and diced russet potatoes
• 12 large shrimp (about 8 oz.), peeled and deveined
• 8 oz. firm white fish (such as cod), cut into 1-inch chunks
• 12 mussels, debearded
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp. minced fresh thyme
• Salt and Tabasco sauce to taste