Cataplana Stew with Sausage and Clams

Name: Cataplana Stew with Sausage and Clams
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 118 milliliters bottled clam juice; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 3 Tbsps chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 0 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 16 littleneck clams, scrubbed; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 pinch Pinch dried red-pepper flakes; 4 servings Salt; 680 grams mild Italian sausage; 2 Tbsps tomato paste

Cataplana Stew with Sausage and Clams is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 4 servings. This main course has 612 calories, 28g of protein, and 49g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. Head to the store and pick up garlic, red-pepper flakes, wine, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large pot, heat the oil over moderately high heat.

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Add the sausage; cook, turning, until browned, about 10 minutes.

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Sausage

Remove.

Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat.

Reduce the heat to moderately low.

Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Add the garlic and paprika and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds longer.

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Garlic

Remove from the heat.

Cut the sausage into 1/2-inch slices and stir them and the tomato paste into the pot.

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Tomato Paste

Sausage

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In a medium stainless-steel saucepan, combine the clam juice, wine, bay leaves, and red-pepper flakes. Discard any clams that are broken or do not clamp shut when tapped.

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Clam Juice

Pepper

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Add the clams to the pan. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the clams open, about 3 minutes.

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Clams

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Remove the open clams and continue to cook, uncovering the pan as necessary to remove the clams as soon as they open. Discard any that do not open.

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Clams

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Carefully pour the clam-cooking liquid into the sausage mixture, leaving any grit in the bottom of the pan.

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Sausage

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Add 2 tablespoons of the parsley, salt if needed, and the black pepper. Bring to a simmer, cover, and continue simmering for 5 minutes. Stir in the clams in their shells. Simmer, covered, just until the clams are warm through, about 1 minute.

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Parsley

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Clams

Salt

Serve topped with the remaining parsley.

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Wine Recommendation: Try this rustic Portuguese-style stew with that most basic and refreshing of Portuguese white wines, a vinho verde. Look for the youngest bottle you can find.

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