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Zuppa di vongole - clam soup

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Categories: Seafood, Soups & Stews
Yield: 4
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Ingredients:
48 Clams
3/4 Bottle White Wine (1 Liter)
Leek
1 smallOnion
Clove Garlic
1 quartFish Stock
Peeled, Chopped Tomato
1 smallBunch Marjoram
Leaf Of Celery
4 xCrusts Of Bread (Croutons)
Procedures:
1From the grand dictionnaire de cuisine, 1873: via elizabeth david"s italian food.
2Into a saucepan put 4 dozen *vongole* or small clams (cockles or mussels can be used as well).
3Pour over them three-quarters of a bottle of white wine and let them cook until they have opened.
4Drain them, setting aside the liquid in which they have cooked, and remove the empty half-shells.
5Chop the white part of a leek with a small onion, add a clove of garlic, and saute this mixture in a saucepan with good oil, add the liquid from the clams, and a quart of fish stock; add a peeled and chopped tomato, a bouquet of marjoram, and a few green leaves of celery.
6Let this bubble fast for ten minutes, remove the bouquet and the garlic, stir the clams into the soup, and pour it into the tureen.
7Serve separately small croutons of bread fried in oil.
 
 
 
 

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