Best 2 Clams Bulhao Pato Recipes

Clams Bulhao Pato image

Yield Makes 6 first-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
48 small hard-shelled clams (5 pounds) such as littlenecks (less than 2 inches wide), scrubbed well
2 large garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro (about 1 large bunch)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Accompaniment: crusty bread

Steps:

Bring water, wine, and oil to a boil in a 5- to 6-quart wide pot over moderately high heat. Add clams and boil, covered, 3 minutes. Sprinkle garlic, cilantro, and pepper over clams and boil, covered, until clams just open wide, 4 to 6 minutes. (Discard any clams that remain unopened after 9 minutes.)
Gently stir clams, then spoon into large shallow soup bowls along with broth.

CLAMS BULHAO PATO (STEAMED CLAMS WITH CORIANDER AND GARLIC) image

Categories Fish

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup dry white wine
6 tablespoons olive oil (preferably portuguese or spanish)
72 small (1 to 2 inch) hard shell clams, scrubbed well
2 garlic cloves minced
1/4 cup coarsely chopped flat leafed parsley leaves
3/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh coriander
1/4 teaspoon pepper
crusty bread as an accompaniment

Steps:

In a heavy large wide bottomed kettle combine the boiling water, the wine and the oil and bring the mixture to a boil. Add the calms and steam them, covered over moderated heat for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the clams with the garlic, the parsley, the coriander and the pepper and steam them covered for 5 to 10 minutes more or until they have opened. Stir the clams gently, discard any unoopened ones and serve them in largew soup plates with some of the liquid and the bread.