Clams Sailor-Style Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 20 medium clams
  • 8 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 6 tsp olive oil
  • 3 tsp chopped parsley
  • 2 tsp fine dry bread crumbs
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 cup white wine or sherry
  • 1 chile, chopped

    • Instructions:

    1. Soak clams in salty water for 5 hours before preparing dish, and rinse.
    2. In a large pan, saute garlic in oil.
    3. Add parsley and clams; cover 5 to 10 minutes to open the clams.
    4. Once clams are open, add bread crumbs, salt, white wine and chile.
    5. Move pan back and forth for about 5 minutes over medium heat until sauce thickens.