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Steamers with a Kicked-Up Herb Butter
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2007
- Total Time:
- 50 min
- Prep:
- 30 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- -- |
- Cook:
- 20 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Yield:
- 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup clam juice
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 2 shallots, cut into quarters lengthwise plus 2 tablespoons, minced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 5 sprigs thyme
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1/2 bunch parsley sprigs
- 1/2 bunch chives, chopped
- 1/2 bunch tarragon, leaves chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 8 pounds steamer clams, scrubbed well under cold running water
- 1 crusty baguette, for serving
Directions
Combine water, clam juice, white wine, shallots, garlic, 3 of the thyme sprigs, rosemary and parsley in a large stock pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
In a food processor combine the minced shallots, chives, tarragon, leaves from the remaining 2 sprigs of thyme, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper and butter; blend until smooth.
Place a steamer basket in the stockpot, add the clams to the steamer basket and cover. Cook until the clams open, about 10 minutes; remove any clams that do not open. Gently heat the herb butter. Transfer clams to a serving bowl. Strain the broth. Serve the clams with the broth, the herb butter and slices of the warm baguette.