Slow cooker seafood chowder

My new favourite kitchen appliance is my slow cooker! Rich seafood chowder doesn't have to take hours of preparation, and this easy recipe's the proof.

Ingredients

• 1 lb bonless salt cod 1 1lb lb(454 g) (454 g) boneless cod or haddock fillets
• 3 tbsp butter 3 3tbsp tbsp(45 mL) (45 mL) butter
• 1 large onion , diced1 1large oniononions, diced
• 1 large leek , chopped1 1large leekleeks, chopped
• 3 carrots , diced3 3carrotcarrots, diced
• 3 celery stalks , diced3 3celery stalkcelery stalks, diced
• 3 potatoes , peeled and diced3 3potatopotatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 bay leaf 1 1bay leafbay leaves
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1/2 1/2tsp tsp(2 mL) (2 mL) dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 1/2tsp tsp(2 mL) (2 mL) pepper
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg 1 1pinch pinchground nutmeg
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper 1 1pinch pinchcayenne pepper
• 1 lb large raw shrimp , (peeled and deveined)1 1lb lb(454 g) (454 g) large raw shrimp, (peeled and deveined)
• 1 cup whipping cream 1 1cup cup(250 mL) (250 mL) whipping cream

Preparation