# Fast and easy holiday recipes: Great northern chowder recipe ## This nourishing Great Northern chowder recipe combines spicy heat and warming earthiness with Great Northern beans, fresh herbs and garlic - a healthy family meal.
Serves 6 INGREDIENTS:
8 oz. Great Northern beans 6 cups water 1 large red onion, finely chopped 4 celery sticks, thinly sliced 3 potatoes, peeled and diced 2 tbsp. fresh garden herbs, finely chopped (chervil, parsley, chives, rosemary, opal basil) 1 large bay leaf 1 large clove elephant garlic, crushed 1 tsp. Jamaican allspice 1 cup half and half cream 3 cloves 2 tsp. salt 3 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper METHOD: Bring water to a boil in a deep pan. Add beans, onion, celery sticks, potatoes, garden herbs, bay leaf, elephant garlic, allspice, cloves, salt and black pepper. Boil rapidly for 15 minutes until frothy. Remove froth with a spoon and discard. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours until smooth. Stir in cream and blend until smooth. Serve red hot with poppy seed sourdough bread. |  |
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