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BAKED CLAMS WITH ITALIAN-STYLE BREADCRUMBS AND HORSERADISH



Baked Clams with Italian-Style Breadcrumbs and Horseradish image

This recipe for delicious baked clams with Italian-style breadcrumbs and horseradish can be found in "The Young Man and the Sea" by David Pasternack and Ed Levine.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Appetizers

Number Of Ingredients 7

12 littleneck or cherrystone clams, shucked, juice reserved
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup freshly grated horseradish
1 cup Italian-Style Breadcrumbs
1 lemon, halved
Coarse sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Preheat broiler. Evenly place clams in their half shells on a baking sheet; drizzle with olive oil and set aside.
  • In a small bowl, combine horseradish and breadcrumbs; sprinkle over clams and lightly pat down to adhere. Squeeze the juice from 1 of the lemon halves over clams; drizzle with olive oil.
  • Place clams under broiler, and cook until breadcrumbs are light golden and bubbly, about 6 minutes, drizzling clams with reserved clam juice halfway through cooking.
  • Transfer clams to a serving plate, season with salt and pepper. Cut remaining lemon half into 4 wedges. Serve clams immediately with lemon wedges.

BAKED CLAMS ITALIAN STYLE



Baked Clams Italian Style image

Categories     Shellfish     Appetizer

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 stick Butter
3 cloves Garlic chopped
2 heads Shallots minced
1 piece Bay Leaf
1/4 cup Olive Oil
12 splash Tabasco hot sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon Pepper
1 rounds Lemon Zest and juice
1/4 cup Parsley flat leaf minced
24 pieces Clam or Scallop Shells
4 cans Chopped Clams with Juice 6 oz
1 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs

Steps:

  • 1. In a large glass measuring cup, melt butter with garlic and shallots for 1 minute in microwave. This will soften the garlic and shallots. Add bay leaf, olive oil, tabasco and worcestershire sauces, pepper, lemon zest and juice and parsley. Stir to combine.
  • 2. Lay the shells on a baking pan lined with a silicone mat or foil.
  • 3. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of clams to each shell and some juice. Next add to the clams a tablespoon of the butter mixture and be sure to include a bit of garlic and shallots to each shell. Last cover the clam/butter in each shell with a scant tablespoon of breadcrumbs.
  • 4. Bake at 400*F for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly and golden.
  • 5. Serve immediately.

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