Best Baked Clam Pie Recipes

MERILL'S BAKED CLAM DIP OREGANATA

Steps:

• If serving the same day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium size skillet, saute the butter, onion and garlic over low heat a minute or two, being careful not to let the garlic brown.
• Add the clams with their juice, parsley flakes and oregano to the pan and mix.
• Saute for a few minutes and then add the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.
• The texture should be like a paste.
• If not, adjust by adding bread crumbs.
• Put mixture in an oven proof pie dish and add paprika sprinkled on top.
• Bake in 350 degree oven, for 25 to 30 minutes, until slightly golden and bubbly.
• Serve warm with crackers.

PHILADELPHIA CLAM PIES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/4-inch dice.
• Heat butter and bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then add onion, garlic, and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is pale golden, about 5 minutes. Add bay leaf, thyme, clove, carrots, celery, and potatoes and reduce heat to moderate, then cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden and almost tender, about 15 minutes (be careful not to let them burn). Add wine, scraping up any brown bits.
• Stir together clam juice and cornstarch. Add to vegetables in skillet and bring to a simmer. Cover skillet and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir in clams with their liquor. Bring to a simmer and cook 1 minute, then remove from heat and cool to warm, uncovered. Discard bay leaf and clove.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Roll out 1 pastry sheet into a 12-inch square on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin. Cut out 3 squares of pastry that are at least 1 inch larger all around than tops of soup bowls. Repeat with remaining pastry sheet.
• Divide clam filling among soup bowls (leaving at least a 3/4-inch space between surface of filling and tops of bowls). Brush 1 pastry square with egg and cover 1 bowl with it, egg side down, pressing edges of pastry firmly onto outside of bowl. Repeat with remaining squares of pastry and bowls. Brush tops of pastry with remaining egg.
• Bake pies in bowls in a large shallow baking pan until pastry is golden and puffed, about 20 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Sprinkle pie shells with clams, onion, potato, and bacon, dividing equally.
• In a bowl, beat together eggs, cream, and seasoning.
• Pour over mixture in pie shells.
• Bake at 375 for 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.

CAPE COD CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Drain liquid from clams, reserve 3/4 cup
• 2. beat eggs, add clam liquid, clams, milk and cracker crumbs, salt and pepper.
• 3. lay bottom pie crust in pie shell
• 4. drop clam mixture into pie crust
• 5. dot with the butter
• 6. place top crust on and crimp edges, Make a slit for steam to escape
• 7. bake in 450 degree oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and continue baking another 30 minutes

CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Sprinkle the clams, onion, potato and bacon over the bottom of the pie shells. In a bowl, beat together the eggs, cream and poultry seasoning. Pour this mixture over the clams.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes, until set and lightly browned.

CAPE COD CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
• 2. Sprinkle the clams, onion, potato and bacon over the bottom of the pie shells. In a bowl, beat together the eggs, cream and poultry seasoning. Pour this mixture over the clams.
• 3. Top with second crust. Make slits for steam to escape.
• 4. Bake 45-55 minutes, until set and lightly browned. Serve hot or cold.

BARNSTABLE CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Steam the clams and strain the juice, saving 1/4 cup.
• Remove the clams from the shells and chop finely.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour into a deep pie shell and cover with upper crust.
• Seal all around and pierce the top with a fork.
• Bake for approximately one hour.
• Serve very hot.

CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Saute first 4 ingredients for 5 to 6 minutes. Add remaining ingredients; mix. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.