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Clam bake scene featuring seafood and corn on a newspapered table.

Best Ever Clam Bake

Not only is this clam bake tasty and beautiful, but the clean up time is minimal as well!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds kielbasa sliced 1” thick diagonally
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 2 pounds red potatoes
  • 6 sprigs thyme
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • ½ tablespoon freshly ground pepper
  • 6 ears of corn husked and snapped in half
  • 1 ½ pounds large shrimp deveined and in the shell
  • 1 lobster tail split lengthwise down the flesh
  • 3 dozen little neck clams scrubbed
  • 2 pounds mussels debearded and cleaned
  • 3 cups good white wine
  • 1 cup fish stock
  • 3 tablespoon butter

Instructions
 

  • In a 20 quart pot, sauté onions in olive oil for 15 minutes or until onions start to brown.  Put garlic into pot and cook for 2 more minutes.
  • Place potatoes, kielbasa, salt, pepper, and thyme on top of the onions and pour in the white wine and fish stock.  Cover with a lid and cook medium high heat for 20 minutes.
  • Place corn, clams, and lobster into pot for 5 minutes.  Covering the pot tightly.
  • Add the shrimp and mussels to the pot for 5 minutes.  Test the potatoes for tenderness.  The lobster and shrimp should be opaque and the clams and mussels should be opened.  If not, cook a few more minutes.
  • With a large slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and seafood to a large bowl.
  • Add 3 tablespoons of butter to the broth and bring to a boil.  Season to taste.  Serve over the clambake with crusty bread.

Notes

Splitting the lobster lengthwise down the middle of the tails underside keeps the tail from curling during cooking.
 
 
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