Clam Loaf Recipes

CLAM LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Shuck the clams, and reserve the clams and juice. There should be about one and one-half cups of clams and about one and threequarter cups of juice to be used for a sauce. Set aside
• Heat two tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and add the flour, stirring with a wire whisk. Add three-quarters of a cup of the milk, stirring rapidly with the whisk. Cook, stirring often, about five minutes.
• Crumble the crackers in a mixing bowl and add the sauce, stirring.
• Heat the remaining two tablespoons of butter in a separate saucepan, and add the onion, celery and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the mixture is wilted.
• Put the clams on a flat surface and chop them finely with a knife. Add the clams to the cracker mixture. Add the cooked vegetables, the parsley and the pepper. Add the remaining milk and the eggs, and stir to blend.
• Butter a loaf pan measuring about 9 by 5 by 2 3/4 inches. Add the clam mixture and smooth over the top. Cover with foil and place in the oven.
• Bake 30 minutes and remove the foil. Continue baking 30 minutes longer. Spoon portions of the loaf onto serving plates and serve with clam sauce with Pernod or Ricard.

PORK AND CLAMS

Steps:

• In a small food processor, combine garlic, salt, pepper flakes and paprika. Process until smooth. Add 1/2 cup of the oil and process until smooth. In a glass mixing bowl, toss the meat with the pureed mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator, to marinate at least 8 hours, overnight if possible. In a cataplana (or a large saute pan with a lid), over medium heat, add the remaining 1/2 cup of oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions. Season with salt. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the pork and saute for 4 minutes. Add the wine and bring to a simmer. Add the clams, and season with salt. Cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally. Remove from the heat and leave covered for 5 minutes. Remove any shells that do not open. Stir in the parsley. Serve in individual serving bowls with crusty bread.

BAKED CLAM DIP LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350deg;F. Slice top 2 inches off bread and reserve for lid. Cut out insides of bread, leaving 1-inch-thick shell. (Reserve cut-out bread for another use.) Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, mayonnaise, and horseradish in large bowl until blended. Mix in clams and green onions. Season with salt and pepper.Spoon filling into bread. Place reserved lid on bread. Wrap bread tightly in 2 layers of heavy-duty foil; place on heavy large baking sheet.
• Bake until filling is very hot and bread is crusty, about 1 1/2 hours. Unwrap bread. Place on large tray. Remove lid; lean lid against bread at angle.

CLAM LOAF RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Drain clams, reserving clam juice. If link sausage, remove casings from sausage. In a bowl, combine clams, sausage, eggs, onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, parsley and pepper. Mix together to the consistency of a meat loaf mixture. If mixture is too dry, add a little clam juice. If mixture is too runny, add more breadcrumbs. Spread mixture onto half-inch deep slightly greased baking pan (or two 9 x 13 inch pans) Bake for about one hour or until internal temperature is 170 degrees. (The mixture may not completely cover the surface of the pan.) When slightly cooled, slice into approximately one-inch squares. Makes 24 hors d'oeuvres. Clam loaf squares can be served warm or cold with cocktail sauce of choice.

CLAMDIGGERS LOAF

Steps:

• Mix ingredients,except bread and set aside.
• Cut top off loaf of bread 1/3 down and scoop out insides into bite size pieces.
• Pour clam mixture into bread loaf and replace top (Mixture should not be soupy).
• Wrap loaf with heavy foil.
• Bake at 250* for 4 hours.
• Serve hot on tray with pieces of bread surrounding.
• Dip pieces of bread into dip.
• When dip is gone,encourage your guests to eat the crusty loaf too!

CLAM CHOWDER MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a small roasting pan with cooking spray.
• Combine ground beef, 1/2 can chowder, onion, eggs, celery, bread crumbs, parsley, salt, and pepper in a bowl; mix until smooth. Mound meatloaf mixture in the prepared roasting pan. Cover pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour.
• Remove from oven; pour remaining 1/2 can chowder over top and sides of meatloaf. Return uncovered pan to the hot oven; bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 30 minutes more.