Wild Salmon Chowder

Ingredients

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Sour cream
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ cup dry white wine
• Salt (to taste)
• ½ cup corn kernels
• ½ cup peas
• Fresh dill (chopped)
• Fresh chives (chopped)
• 4 cups fish stock
• 1-2 cups heavy cream
• 4 ounces salt pork or fatty slab bacon (or about 4 large strips, roughly diced into ½ inch pieces)
• 2 TBSP unsalted butter (if needed)
• 1 large leek (green leafy part removed, white part cut in half lengthwise, diced into ½ inch pieces)
• 3-4 sprigs thyme
• 1 pound potatoes (chopped into small cubes)
• 2 pounds wild salmon fillets (cut into large chunks, about 3-4 inch pieces)
• 1 cup fresh dill (loosely packed, or more)
• ¼ cup sour cream (or more, optional)
• Salt pork cracklings or bacon bits