Clams & Mussels

[High Cheese]

Clean your shellfish accordingly.

Lightly saute 1-2 sliced shallots in evvo inside a sauce pan or small stock pot. Add the clams, mussels, 3-4 sprigs fresh thyme or tarragon, 1 1/2 cups dry white wine, 2 cloves of minced garlic, black pepper, 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes and the juice from 1/2 a lemon.

Cover and cook until the shells open. About 10 minutes. Discard the ones that dont open. The mussels will cook first, so pull them out when done or add them 2-3 mimnutes after the clams.

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Some toast for the sauce.

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[Maverick2272]

Hmm.. Yum! So what is wrong with the ones that don't open? Too stubborn to open or something makes them bad?

[chowhound]

Not opening means they were dead before you started cooking them. Toss em or you'll be tossing a lot more if you pry them open and eat them.

[Maverick2272]

I prefer to keep the tossing down to a minimum LOL.

[lilylove]

Clams and Mussels! Yummy!! Don't forget the French bread so soak up all that good juice!!

[buckytom]

searching old threads, i found one that fits recent cravings.

nice recipe, cheeks, copied and saved, thanks.

i find it interesting that you sautee the shallots, but more or less use the full sulpher of garlic. i would have done the oppposite.

i jave a bunch of lemon thyme growing that would fit this perfectly.

and lll is dead on; you can't serve this without crusty bread.

[VeraBlue]

Is that a glass of vodka next to that gorgeous bowl??

[buzzard767]

Is that a glass of vodka next to that gorgeous bowl??

It's anti-shellfish medicine in case you don't like the taste. ;)

[High Cheese]

i find it interesting that you sautee the shallots, but more or less use the full sulpher of garlic. i would have done the oppposite.


Since the garlic is minced it mellows out while the clams are cooking. If I sliced the garlic, which I've done before, I add it first.

Try it with sliced chorizo or hot italian sausage.

Is that a glass of vodka next to that gorgeous bowl??

Probobly...with some tonic. ;)