Cleaning clams is a quick, easy, and important process to be familiar with. If you do not properly clean clams before cooking with them, you run the risk of eating very salty and sandy clams.
Most clam farms take the clams through a process that scrubs them and washes them before they are sent to the stores. However, this process is never a perfect process and is not always done.
When selecting your clams, never select a clam that is chipped, broken, or damaged in any way. Also, never choose a clam that is open. Clams should be tightly closed and stored in a cool area where they can breathe. When you purchase clams, make sure to immediately unwrap them at home so they can breathe, otherwise they might die before you cook them.
Just before cooking, soak your clams for 20 minutes in fresh water. As the clams breathe they filter water. When the fresh water is filtered, the clam pushes salt water and sand out of their shells. After 20 minutes, the clams will have cleaned themselves of much of the salt and sand they have collected. Pull the clams up and out of the water. Do not pour the clams and water into a straining device because the expelled sand has sunk to the bottom of the bowl. Pouring the clams and water into a straining device would cause you to pour the sand back over the clams.
Once the clams have been soaked, use a firm brush and scrub off any additional sand, barnacles, or other oceanic attachments. This is the same final method used when cleaning mussels.
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Serving Size: 1 recipe (68g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 0 Servings | ||
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Calories: 50 | ||
Calories from Fat: 6 (12%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 0.7g | 1 % | |
Saturated Fat 0.1g | 0 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0.2g | ||
Cholesterol 23.1mg | 7 % | |
Sodium 38.1mg | 1 % | |
Potassium 213.5mg | 6 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 1.7g | 1 % | |
Dietary Fiber 0g | 0 % | |
Sugars, other 1.7g | ||
Protein 8.7g | 12 % | |
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Calories per serving: 50
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