Cover and cook until they open about.
Making new england steamers.
It is great for feeding large groups and is a summer time favorite.
Add 3 pounds scrubbed steamer clams.
Corn on the cob.
But enjoyed year round.
1 2 to 1 cob per person.
After a while you ll notice that each clam has a foot that will.
This delicious meal made up soft shell clams aka steamers potatoes onions hot dogs sausage and chourico or linguica.
Use littleneck manila or steamer clams.
1 soak the steamers in sea water or salty water.
Maine soft shell clams are the best for steaming.
Come to the east coast for a good ol fashioned new england clam boil.
Sitting down to the two bowls one heaped with steamers the other to collect the discarded shells plus a few carefully arranged cups of broth and hot butter for swishing and dunking is a time honored tradition surpassed only by the lobster that sometimes follows them.
Cherrystones are the ideal clams for the classic new england dish get the recipe.
3 to 6 per person.
Rinse clams several times in cold running water.
Soak them in salted or seawater with a few handfuls of cornmeal for 15 minutes.
Few summer seafood traditions in new england are as anticipated as the first batch of steamed clams aka steamers.
Bring 2 1 2 cups water 1 4 onion 1 bay leaf 1 quartered celery stalk and a few peppercorns to a boil in a large pot.
Making them a perfect vehicle for stuffies.
New england steamers david rosengarten steamed clams are served around the country but the yankees of new england have a definite advantage in this delicacy for new england is soft shell clam country and soft shell clams make the best steamed clams in the world.
No lobster dinner is complete without new england steamers.
Drain and rinse again.
Or make it yourself at home.
There is nothing like a big bowlful of steamers and an ice cold beer.
Recipe for new england steamer clams.