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FAQ
The two most popular varieties are white, usually featuring minced clams, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice or white wine, and parsley, and red, usually a thin tomato sauce with minced clams.
The White Hard Clam (Meretrix lyrata) is an edible saltwater clam. A marine bivalve mollusk. They grow naturally and develop well on the sand around the coastline of Vietnam in the Pacific Ocean. When cooked, they have a soft and juicy texture and a unique flavor.
How To Use Canned Clams
- CHOWDERS AND STEWS: Minced, chopped, and whole baby clams add a pleasing bite to a bowl of chowder or seafood stew. ...
- PASTA AND RICE DISHES: Classic Spaghetti and Clam Sauce works well with canned clams (and means less work for everyone at the table trying to pluck the clams from their shells).
Some people may think that oysters and clams are the same, but oysters have a smooth, buttery taste, while clams are typically saltier and prepared with a mignonette sauce. Usually, oysters and clams will be served over crushed ice, with lemon wedges, hot sauce, and mignonette sauce on the side.
Clam juice may be prepared fresh for consumption, or purchased in prepared bottled form. Some companies mass-produce prepared clam juice, which is made by steaming fresh clams in water with salt, collecting the extracted liquid known as clam extract or clam liquor, and then filtering it.