World flavors
Spanish Garlic Clams (Al Ajillo)
Sizzling tapas in 10 minutes
- 10 min
- Easy
- Serves 3 tapas-style
Ingredients
- 10 razor clams, halved
- 1/2 cup olive oil, 8 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 dried guindilla or árbol chili
- 2 tbsp sherry or white wine
- Parsley, bread
Method
- Warm the oil with garlic and chili until the garlic just gilds.
- Sherry in — it will spit.
- Clams for 90 seconds, spooning the oil over.
- Parsley, pinch of salt.
- Serve in the pan with bread for the oil.
Tip. This dish IS the garlic oil — serve it bubbling.
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