Clams Casino Recipe

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Your guests will be impressed with our home economists' version of a classic upscale appetizer. Cayenne pepper nicely seasons the bread crumb topping.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Clams Casino Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

1 pound kosher salt
1 dozen fresh cherrystone clams
1/3 cup soft bread crumbs
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 450°. Spread salt into a metal oven-safe serving platter or a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Shuck clams, reserving bottom shells; drain liquid (save for another use). Arrange clams in salt-lined pan.
Combine the bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons parsley, oil, garlic, cayenne and pepper; spoon over clams.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until clams are firm and bread crumb mixture is crisp and golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining parsley. Serve immediately. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 clam equals 34 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 16 mg sodium, 1 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Clams Casino in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2010, p180