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New England Stuffed Clams

December 21, 2016 by Laura Leave a Comment

I’d never tried stuffed clams until Matt and I took a trip to Boston. It was at a little seafront restaurant we had popped in after a Sunday of shopping. I immediately adored the flavour and texture of the stuffed clams – the sharpness of the lemon and the saltiness of the clam meat. They were so good, I decided I had to learn how to make them, which was actually surprisingly easy. I spent a good few weeks playing around with flavour combinations before settling on this recipe, which I think really captures the taste of New England Stuffed Clams.

New England Stuffed Clams

I used Quahog clams for this recipe because they’re large enough to stuff and have a beautiful purple rim which looks so good when stuffed. If these aren’t local to you, look for any large shell clams. I’d recommend buying enough shells for how many servings you want to make, then buy some frozen clam meat, at this will be a little cheaper and much less hassle! This recipe used 6 clams (so 12 half shells) and I just picked the nicest 10 half shells of the bunch to stuff.

New England Stuffed Clams

When all of your delicious stuffed clams have been eaten, don’t make the mistake of throwing all the clam shells away. Pick prettiest few of the bunch and put them in the dishwasher. They look so good that Matt and I use them as little butter dishes when serving seafood to guests.

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New England Stuffed Clams

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Serves: 10 stuffed clams

Serving Size: 148g

Calories per serving: 326

Fat per serving: 11.6

New England Stuffed Clams

Ingredients

  • 6 large clams, rinsed with cold water
  • 200g clam meat
  • 20g butter
  • ½ onion, minced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 stick of celery, minced
  • ¼ green pepper, minced
  • 200g breadcrumb
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pinch of pepper
  • Handful of parsley
  • 100g grated parmesan

Method

  1. You’ll want to start by steaming your large clams. Put 3 inches of water on a medium heat and bring to the boil. Add in the clams and put the lid on your pan. Steam the clams util their shells open, which will take 8-10 minutes. Keep the clam water as you’ll need it later!
  2. Once the shells have opened, removed the clam meat (not the foot) and then clean the clam shells ready for stuffing. Take all of the clam meat and mince in a food processor
  3. Now heat a large frying pan on a medium heat and add in the butter. Then throw in the minced onion and fry for around 3 minutes, stirring regularly. Follow this with the garlic, celery and green pepper and stir for another 3 minutes
  4. Add the clam meat, breadcrumbs, paprika, lemon juice, salt and pepper and parsley and stir for around 2 minutes.
  5. Now remove the pan from the heat and use a little of the clam water at a time to combine the mixture.
  6. Spoon the stuffing mixture even into the cleaned clam shells and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Place the stuffed clams on a baking tray and put in the oven and bake for around 20-25 minutes, until the stuffed clams turn golden and crispy.
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Filed Under: Appetizers Tagged With: breadcrumbs, butter, celery, clams, garlic, lemon, onion, paprika, parmesan, parsley, pepper, under 500 calories, under 60 minutes

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