Clams in White Wine Garlic Tomatoes and Parsley
Ingredients
2 lbs of fresh little neck clams in shell | ||
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil | ||
1 onion diced | ||
3 cloves garlic minced | ||
2 vine ripe tomatoes. peeled, seeded and chopped | ||
1 tbs of parsley, Italian flat leaf, or curly | ||
small pinch of freshmen grated nutmeg | ||
1/4 cup dry white wine | ||
Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste |
This is a quick and easy dish. If you love shell fish don’t deprive your taste buds by missing these wonderfully, delicious clams.
- Soak the clams in water with a pinch of cornmeal for a couple of hours to release any grit.
- Discard any open clams.
- Heat oil in an oven proof casserole dish and cook the onion over low heat until clear.
- Add the garlic and tomato and cook for another 3 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the clams and cook covered over low heat until the clams open. This should only take about 3 minutes. Discard any clams that do not open.
- Add the white wine, parsley and nutmeg, and stir gently covering the clams with the sauce.Cook for another 2 minutes.
- Serve with some crusty bread.
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