Clams Oreganata:My recipe of the week (week #4)

[SKEETERMAN]

- finely chopped Garlic (boat load)
- olive oil
- melted butter
- seasoned italian bread crumbs
- salt and pepper
- Chopped parsley

In a pan sautee your garlic till lightly brown. Remove from the fire and in that same pan add your bread crumbs and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. The bread crumbs will be slightly soggy to the touch from the oil. Let it cool down a little and then add your parsley and a couple of table spoons of melted whole butter and mix well again. You should be left with a moist slightly soggy texture. Shuck your clams and top them with the breadcrumb mixture. Pack the bread crumbs down pretty good. Drizzle a few more drops of melted whole butter on top of each one. Bake on 375 till the bread crumbs are brown. Its simple.

For a nice twist add some old bay seasoning into the bread crumb mixture and you will have some kick a$$ crabby clams oreganata.

Is there oregano in this??? no. It doesnt get the name oreganata from oregano. You can add some i have tried it and its not so bad!!

Fair Weathers resident chef.............Skeeterman

[FairWeather]

Skeeter,

Sounds awesome man! Thanks again for a great recipe!

Another Question for you. Everytime my wife and I go to a specific restaurant we get an app that is mussels & clams in a sort of garlic, butter, white wine sauce.

Any ideas how you would duplicate that?

[SKEETERMAN]

Sure......Take my Zuppa Di Pesce recipe from last week and delete the tomatos and all seafood except the clams and mussels. Very easy.

For two people (appetizer):
- Sautee your garlic till light brown in olive oil
- add your white wine (1/4 cup) and clam broth (1/2 cup)
- you might have to add a little more clam broth while cooking
- add clams and mussels (8 each)
- add parsley (3 tbsp) and salt and pepper to taste

after the seafood opens they are done and take them out of the pan. Pour sauce on top or.......if you want the sauce a little thicker cook the sauce longer and add a few table spoons of whole butter until its incorporated into the sauce then pour over the top. You can add lemon juice to this or/and make a little more sauce and serve over pasta or rice!

[FairWeather]

Had it Tonight... AWESOME!!!

[SKEETERMAN]

Glad to hear it!!