Potato Fish Chowder

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter 2 2tbsp tbspbutter
• 1 small leek , (white and light green parts only), diced1 1small leekleeks, (white and light green parts only), diced
• 1 onion , diced1 1oniononions, diced
• 1 stalk celery , diced1 1stalk celery, diced
• 1 bay leaf 1 1bay leafbay leaves
• 1 clove garlic , minced1 1clove garliccloves of garlic, minced
• half sweet red pepper , dicedhalf halfsweet red pepper, diced
• 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
• 1/4 tsp paprika 1/4 1/4tsp tsppaprika
• 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 3 3tbsp tbspall-purpose flour
• 2 bottles (each 240 mL) clam juice 2 2bottles (each 240 mL) bottles (each 240 mL)clam juice
• 1 Yukon Gold potato , peeled, quartered and sliced 1/4 inch (5mm) thick1 1Yukon Gold potatoYukon Gold potatoes, peeled, quartered and sliced 1/4 inch (5mm) thick
• 1-1/2 cups milk 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsmilk
• 12 oz cod or halibut fillets , cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) chunks12 12oz ozcod or halibut fillethalibut fillets, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) chunks
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 2 2tbsp tbspchopped fresh parsley
• 3 strips bacon , (optional), cooked and crumbled3 3strips stripsbacon, (optional), cooked and crumbled