Easy fish chowder – Fishermen's Co-op

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 200 g streaky bacon, rind removed
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 500 ml milk, hot
• 350 g desiree or pontiac potatoes, peeled, cut into 1cm chunks
• 375 ml fish stock
• 100 g canned corn kernels, drained
• 500 g boneless white fish (such as perch or cod), cut into bite-size chunks
• 24 mussels, scrubbed, debearded (optional)
• 150 ml thick cream
• 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish