Grilled Clams with Sambuca and Italian Sausage

Name: Grilled Clams with Sambuca and Italian Sausage
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper; 28 grams day-old white bread; 1 teaspoons butter; 1 garlic clove, minced; 59 milliliters finely chopped green bell pepper; 113 grams hot turkey Italian sausage (about 1/2 link); 6 lemon wedges; 36 littleneck clams, cleaned; 59 milliliters finely chopped onion; 59 milliliters finely chopped red bell pepper; 1 Dash salt; 1 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 2 Tbsps Sambuca or Pernod (licorice-flavored liqueur)

Grilled Clams with Sambucan and Italian Sausage might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 95 calories, 7g of protein, and 3g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Fourth Of July. A mixture of sambuca, turkey sausage, dash of salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Remove casings from sausage.

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Sausage

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.

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Frying Pan

Add sausage; cook until browned, stirring to crumble.

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Sausage

Add onion, peppers, butter, and garlic to pan; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

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Peppers

Butter

Garlic

Onion

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Place bread in a food processor; pulse 5 times or until breadcrumbs form.

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Breadcrumbs

Bread

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Add breadcrumbs to sausage mixture; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly.

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Breadcrumbs

Sausage

Pour Sambuca into one side of skillet. Ignite Sambuca with a long match, and let flames die down. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, pepper, and salt.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Pepper

Salt

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Prepare grill to high heat.

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Grill

Shuck clams; discard any broken shells or shells that remain open.

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Pasta Shells

Clams

Place 12 clam halves on shellfish grate; discard top halves of shells. Top each with about 1 teaspoon breadcrumb mixture.

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Breadcrumbs

Shellfish

Pasta Shells

Place grate on grill. Cover and cook 4 minutes or until clam juice in shells boils.

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Clam Juice

Pasta Shells

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Remove clams from grate; keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining clams and breadcrumbs.

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Breadcrumbs

Clams

Serve with lemon wedges.

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Lemon Wedge

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Ingredients

Servings:

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black pepper 28grams

day-old white bread 1teaspoons

butter 1

garlic clove, minced 59milliliters

finely chopped green bell pepper 113grams

hot turkey Italian sausage (about 1/2 link)6

lemon wedges 36

littleneck clams, cleaned 59milliliters

finely chopped onion 59milliliters

finely chopped red bell pepper 1Dash

salt 1teaspoons

Worcestershire sauce 2Tbsps

Sambuca or Pernod (licorice-flavored liqueur)

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling are great choices for Clams. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. You could try Xavier Monnot Bourgogne Les Grandes Coutures Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 30 dollars per bottle.