Name: Baked Clams
Yield: 2
Ingredients: little neck clams; bread crumbs; grated Pecorino cheese; cloves garlic; fresh parsley; extra virgin olive oil; salt & pepper

Baked Clams are a holiday appetizer that are one of my favorite things to eat. They are tasty for any time of the year but we like to serve it on Christmas Eve. You can buy the clams whole and shuck them yourself or a helpful tip is to ask a worker at the fish market to do it for you. It may cost more money for them to do it for you but its worth it if you are short on time.

Ingredients

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24 little neck clams
cups bread crumbs
tbsp grated Pecorino cheese
4 cloves garlic
2 tbsp fresh parsley
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt & pepper

Instructions

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Step 1

Wash the clams under fresh water, shuck them and leave the fruit on the half shell.
Step 2

In a bowl, add your ingredients and mix well until the oil has been fully absorbed by the bread crumbs. The bread will look uniformly wet.
Step 3

Add salt and pepper as desired.
Step 4

Place all the open clams in a baking sheet and with a teaspoon put the breadcrumbs in each clam until the clam is completely covered.
Step 5 Bake at 500F for 5-7 minutes, then put under the broiler for 1 minute to brown.