Clams à Bulhao Pato
Try this typical Portuguese recipe of clams, lemon juice and chopped coriander
Ingredients
- 300 g fresh clams
- 2 Garlic thinly sliced
- 20 g coriander stalks and all
- 100 ml Vinho Verde alternatively you can use a fresh white wine
- 100 ml olive oil
- ½ lemon
Instructions
- Soak the fresh clams in water which has been sprinkled with salt for one hour.
- Drain and rinse under water a couple of times in order to remove the sand.
- If there are clams that are not fully closed, or the shells are damaged, discard them.
- In a pan, heat the olive oil and add the garlic.
- Cook the garlic until golden.
- Add in the washed clams and stir.
- Add the wine, half of the coriander and cover the pan with a lid.
- Once the clams have opened squeeze the lemon juice and stir the sauce.
- Serve with the remaining coriander leaves atop the cooked clams.