ZUPPA DI VONGOLE (CLAM SOUP)

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Make and share this Zuppa Di Vongole (Clam Soup) recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Lizzie-Babette

Categories     < 15 Mins

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

48 clams
1 quart fish stock
3/4 bottle white wine (1 liter)
1 tomatoes, peeled, chopped
1 leek
1 bunch marjoram
1 small onion
leaf of celery
1 clove garlic
4 crusts of bread (croutons)

Steps:

  • Into a saucepan put 4 dozen *vongole* or small clams (cockles or mussels can be used as well).
  • Pour over them three-quarters of a bottle of white wine and let them cook until they have opened.
  • Drain them, setting aside the liquid in which they have cooked, and remove the empty half-shells. -- Chop the white part of a leek with a small onion, add a clove of garlic, and saute this mixture in a saucepan with good oil, add the liquid from the clams, and a quart of fish stock; add a peeled and chopped tomato, a bouquet of marjoram, and a few green leaves of celery.
  • Let this bubble fast for ten minutes, remove the bouquet and the garlic, stir the clams into the soup, and pour it into the tureen.
  • Serve separately small croutons of bread fried in oil.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 864.7, Fat 6.7, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 61.5, Sodium 1100.3, Carbohydrate 75.1, Fiber 4, Sugar 7.2, Protein 37.4

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