Clams with Sherry and Serrano Ham
Beautifully presented clams with sherry and Serrano ham. Found in Omar Allibhoy's Tapas Revolution, this would make for an ideal shellfish dinner party dish.
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Introduction
Impress your guests with this perfect dinner party recipe from Omar Allibhoy’s Tapas Revolution.
Ingredients
| 1 kg | clams |
| 100 ml | olive oil |
| 5 | garlic cloves, finely chopped |
| 1 | shallot or 1/2 Spanish onion, finely chopped |
| 6 | slices jamón Serrano (cured ham), roughly chopped |
| 1 tsp | plain flour |
| 1 tsp | hot pimentón, although the sweet variety will do as well |
| 150 ml | fino sherry (see Note) |
| 1 tbsp | freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley |
| Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper |
Method
Start by soaking the clams in cold water for about 20 minutes to allow them to release any sand trapped in their shells. Rinse thoroughly under cold water and discard any that are open, broken or don’t close when tapped firmly.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan (wide enough to hold all the clams) over a medium heat and add the garlic, onion and jamón. Cook until the onion is translucent, but not coloured.
Add the flour and pimentón and stir-fry for 20 seconds to cook the flour. Add the sherry, stirring all the time and then quickly flambé by setting light to the pan using a lighter or long matches. If you don’t want to flambé the sherry don’t worry, just cook for 1 minute so that the alcohol evaporates. Add the cleaned clams to the pan, turn up the heat and shake the pan vigorously, tossing the clams a couple of times. Season to taste and stir in the parsley, cover with a lid and cook for 2–3 minutes until the clams are fully opened (throw away any that remain closed). Stir again before serving with lots of fresh bread to soak up the sauce.
Omar’s Note: Fino (which translates as refined) is the driest of all sherry varieties and should be drunk cold. This delicate sherry doesn’t keep well after the bottle is opened, so make the best use of it.
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