Rocky Point Clam Chowder Recipes

ROCKY POINT AMUSEMENT PARK'S CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven, heat the salt pork until the fat melts. Add the onions. Cook over gentle heat until very soft. Add the clam juice, potatoes, seasonings, tomato puree and a little water. Simmer until the potatoes are soft, then add the quahogs. Heat and taste for seasoning. Add water if needed. It is best to use old, not new, potatoes, because they thicken the chowder with their starch. Crush some pilot crackers and stir them into the chowder to thicken it further, near the end of the cooking. Happy Eating. This recipe makes about 20 (8-oz) servings. The main item on the menu was Rocky Point Clam Chowder which was prepared according to the shore dinner hall's owner's well kept secret recipe. The diners were seated at both sides of very long tables as they arrived, usually in groups (there was no preferential seating) and the hot chowder was brought in in large metal pots and placed on the tables about six feet apart -- about 50 pots to each table. The chowder was served with hot "Rocky Point Clam Cakes" (see recipe), sweet corn and watermelon. Beer and soft drinks were available for purchase nearby. Unfortunately, the shore dinner hall and the rest of the amusement park were totally destroyed in the hurricane of September 1938. No attempt was made to rebuild the park and the shore dinner hall until after World War II, and it reopened for business in 1946. Tragedy struck again when the new park and shore dinner hall were destroyed by another hurricane in 1954. Again the amusement park and shore dinner hall were rebuilt. However, the park and the shore dinner hall were closed down for good a few years ago (1996) and they are now just a memory. But the famous Rocky Point Clam Chowder and Rocky Point Clam Cakes are still available from Rocky Point Chowder House, 1759 Post Rd, Warwick, RI (401-739-4222).

ROCKY POINT CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, heat the salt pork until fat melts.
• Add chopped onions; Cook over gentle heat until very soft.
• Add clam juice, potatoes, seasonings, tomato puree, and alittle water; simmer until the potatoes are soft.
• Add quahogs/clams.
• Heat and taste for seasoning.
• TIP: It is best to use old, not new, potatoes because they thicken the chowder with their starch.
• This is not a thick chowder, but can be thickened by crushing Pilot crackers and adding to the chowder near the end of cooking.

RHODE ISLAND CLAM CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together;.
• Drop by ice cream scoop full in hot oil (325 degrees) and fry until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Salt as desired and serve hot.

ROCKY POINT AMUSEMENT PARK'S CLAM CAKES RECIPE - (3.1/5)

Steps:

• Mix corn meal, flour and baking powder. Beat eggs separately and add milk to it. Combine milk, eggs and quahogs to dry ingredients and stir, adding enough quahog juice to make a smooth, thick batter. Fry the batter by a gravy-sized spoonful in deep fat at 360 degrees until well browned. Drain on a brown paper bag or paper towel. Serve hot with the hot Rocky Point Clam Chowder (see recipe). This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.

RHODE ISLAND RED CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Pour clam juice, and the juice from the canned clams into a large pot. Bring to a boil. Add onion, carrots, and potatoes; and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes, or until tender. Stir in the tomato soup and tomato sauce, and season with parsley and black pepper. Add clams last, and cook just until heated through.