clam pizza

I have made clam pizza a couple times. I haven't had access to fresh clams when I did it so I used canned and clam juice. I think you could simmer the fresh ones in a small bit of water and rough chop them and use as below. Or, raw are so good, I'd probably shuck and eat and skip the pizza lol. Here's what I do.

Dump juice from clams plus a bottle of clam juice in a pan and reduce by half. Add finely minced onions and garlic and simmer for a few minutes to soften. Add juice and zest from a lemon and continue to reduce. Add a couple Tablespoons of bread crumbs and stir in to thicken mixture. When you have a creamy paste, add clams and heat through. Shut off heat and add add a T of butter to complete the clam sauce.

For the pizza, I start with shredded Mozzarella, top with clams and sauce and thin sliced lemons. Sprinkle fresh chopped parsley.  Bake as usual.

The first time I did this, it was because I didn't have a box of linguine and couldn't make linguine and clams dish I had planned. You know what they say about necessity being the mother of invention?

Eric