serves
6
prep
20 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
6
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Pipis, Clams & Mussels
episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (250 ml) white wine
- 4 bay leaves
- 800 g mixed pipis and vongole clams, purged
- Sourdough baguette, to serve
For the sauce
- 100 g butter, unsalted
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- ¼ cup curry leaves
- 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced
- 600 g mixed tomatoes (such as cherry, heirloom)
- Salt and black pepper
- 100 ml fish stock
- 50 ml clam poaching liquid
- 20 ml sherry vinegar
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- ¼ cup finely chopped coriander
Allow extra time if you are purging your own pipis.
Instructions
- In a large saucepan (with a lid), bring the wine to the boil, then add the bay leaf. Add the pipis and clams, stir and cover with a lid. Cook for 2 minutes, then drain into a colander over a second large pot. Reserve 50 ml of the clam poaching liquid, then set aside.
- To make the sauce, melt the butter in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until softened. Stir through the fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and chilli and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, stir and cook for a further 4-5 minutes, or until softened. Season generously with salt and black pepper. Add the stock, reserved clam poaching liquid and vinegar and simmer for a further 3 minutes.
- Return the clams to the sauce and toss lightly to combine. Add a squeeze of lemon juice, then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with coriander. Serve immediately, with sourdough on the side.
Photography by Jiwon Kim.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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