Ingredients
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2 slices bacon, diced
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1/2 cup butter
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1 medium onion, diced
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2 stalks celery, diced
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3 tablespoons Wondra Flour
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salt
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fresh ground black pepper
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1 pinch cayenne
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1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
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1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice
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1/4 cup dry sherry
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1 1/2 cups heavy cream
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1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
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16 ounces shucked oysters, with their liquor
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3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
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1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped
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1 garlic clove, crushed
Instructions
- Sauté diced bacon in a non-stick soup pot over low heat until rendered.
- Add butter and heat until melted.
- Add onions, celery and garlic and continue to cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until translucent, taking care not to let them brown.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, pinch of cayenne, thyme and Wondra or other fine white flour, whisking steadily to make a roux.
- Cook, whisking steadily, for several minutes.
- Slowly whisk in clam juice, whisking until smooth, then sherry, whisking until smooth.
- Whisk in cream, whisking until smooth, then whisk in evaporated milk, whisking until smooth.
- Raise heat slightly, stir while bringing just until it starts to boil, then lower heat and whisk until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in oysters with their liquor, several dashes of Worcestershire sauce and the chopped parsley.
- Continue to heat, stirring occasionally, until oysters curl at the edges indicating they are heated through.