Baked Clams with Herb and Cheese Sauce Recipe
Baked clams that will delight your palate, this recipe makes tender clams mixed with garlic-herb butter and parmesan cheese and baked until golden brown.
Equipment
- Oven
- Cooking pot/ wok and stirring spoon
- Chopping board and knife
- Baking tray/ pan
Ingredients
- 1 kilo fresh clams, cleaned
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- handful fresh parsley, chopped
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup parmesan cheese or cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Clean clams carefully by submerging it to the water overnight and removing any shells that sticks to it.
- Preheat oven to 390 °F /200 °C. Line up clams into the foiled baking pan and bake for 10 minutes or until all clam popped open.
- While roasting the clams, prepare the garlic-herb butter and cheese sauce.
- To cook herb butter. In a wok, melt butter and oil then add garlic. Cook until fragrant then add lemon and parsley. Set aside.
- To make the cheese sauce. Heat the milk in a sauce pan and season with salt and pepper. Add the parmesan/cheddar cheese and mix until melted and thick. Set aside.
- Back in the oven. After 10 minutes or when all clams are popped open, carefully remove from the oven and transfer clams to a baking dish, reserving juices in shell.
- Drizzle the prepared garlic-herb butter over the clams followed by the cheese sauce. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Garnish with parsley. Serve and enjoy!