Cooking Recipes

Clams Casino

Ingredients:

Rock salt
24 quahogs, little-neck size, opened and left in the half shell
3/4 cup soft bread crumbs (French or Italian)
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
5 tbsps chopped parsley, preferably flat Italian kind
4 to 6 tbsps olive oil
1 clove garlic minced

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Preparation:

Preheat oven to 500 °F.

Partially fill a shallow baking dish (a rimmed cookie sheet is suggested) with rock salt. Set the half-shell quahogs on the salt.

Mix the bread crumbs, black pepper, 3 tbsps of the parsley, and the optional cayenne pepper. Spoon this mix equally over the clams. Mix the oil and garlic thoroughly; pour carefully over each clam.

Bake for about 10 minutes. If the crumbs have not sufficiently browned, place the dish under the broiler till golden. Sprinkle clams with remainder of parsley and serve immediately.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings