New England Lobster Chowder

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/3 cup rendered bacon or salt pork fat
• 2 soda crackers, finely crushed
• 1 quart milk, scalded
• 2 cups lobsters, cooked and cubed (either canned or fresh may be used)
• 1 cup cream, heated
• salt
• pepper
• cayenne pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Cook the onion in the fat until transluscent and lightly golden.

2. 2

   Strain and reserve the fat, discarding the onion.

3. 3

   To two tablespoons of the fat, add the crushed soda crackers.

4. 4

   Add the hot milk gradually, stirring constantly until smooth; add lobster and heat in the top of a double boiler for 20 minutes.

5. 5

   Add seasonings to taste, the remainder of the strained fat and the hot cream.

6. 6

   Serve with chowder crackers.