Clam Casino

Name: Clam Casino
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 24 littleneck clams, shucked, on half shell; 100g bacon, finely diced; 1 red capsicum, finely diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 100g panko breadcrumbs; 50g parmesan, grated; 3 tbsp butter; lemon to serve

Baked clams topped with breadcrumbs, bacon and bell pepper — a New England appetiser. Tossing the breadcrumbs directly in the rendered bacon fat before they go on the clams gives the topping its deep, smoky flavour instead of tasting like plain dry crumbs.

Total time

25 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

24littleneck clams, shucked, on half shell

100gbacon, finely diced

1red capsicum, finely diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

100gpanko breadcrumbs

50gparmesan, grated

3 tbspbutter

lemonto serve

Instructions

Fry bacon until just cooked. Add capsicum and garlic, cook 3 minutes.

Add breadcrumbs, toss to coat in bacon fat.

Arrange clams on a baking tray.

Top each clam with a spoonful of breadcrumb mixture. Sprinkle parmesan.

Dot with butter. Broil or grill until golden, 5–7 minutes.

Serve immediately with lemon.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

370

Protein

17g

Fat

23.5g

Carbs

22.7g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

748mg

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