A recipe from ” Around the World in 80 Dishes” by David Loftus. Serve as a starter for 4 or a main for 2.
Ingredients
- 400 g fresh clams cleaned
- 50 g serrano ham cut into 5mm/¼inch cubes
- ½ an onion peeled and finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 125 ml fino or manzanilla sherry
- a Small handful fresh flat leaf parsley chopped
- extra virgin olive oil
Servings:
Instructions
- Check over the clams, discarding any that are open and don’t close when tapped. Heat a large, heavy-based pan until very hot — and make sure you maintain this heat throughout the cooking.
- Throw in the ham and fry, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the onion and garlic and cook for another minute, stirring constantly. Add the clams and the sherry, cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook over a high heat for 2 minutes, or until the shells have steamed open.
- Remove from the heat. Pick out and discard any unopened clams. Scatter with chopped parsley and a good drizzle of olive oil and serve with strong bread for mopping up the juices.
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