We made our rounds to our two wineries here in town yesterday (Camaraderie and Harbinger) to collect our wine club bottles. While at Harbinger's, Sarah, the wine maker/co-owner was holding a cooler full of what we found out later was pkgs. of Razor clams!!!! I got so excited when she mentioned them, that she gave us a pkg. to bring home with us. I can't believe she offered this, we're getting acquainted, but wow, for her to give us these was just unbelieveable. For those of you who have never had razor clams, they are the sweetest clam you will ever taste, bar none!! They are called razor because the edges of their shells are sharp as razors. I couldn't figure out how to get the picture on here from google, so this is them.
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So, this morning, Roy got me motivated....
and I started playing with half of them -
I breaded some with just saltines and some with saltines & ritz crackers. Had to have some fries to go with the 'clam scatter' and I made a couple of garnishes to go with - the best flavors were the wasabi mayo and wasabi oil (I know I've posted the recipes for both on here somewhere).
Yes, that is caviar on top there, just garnishing so nicely - my new book says caviar goes with clams, so this is research!!
What a wonderful brunch we had and what a wonderful thing for Sarah to do for us.
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So, this morning, Roy got me motivated....
and I started playing with half of them -
I breaded some with just saltines and some with saltines & ritz crackers. Had to have some fries to go with the 'clam scatter' and I made a couple of garnishes to go with - the best flavors were the wasabi mayo and wasabi oil (I know I've posted the recipes for both on here somewhere).
Yes, that is caviar on top there, just garnishing so nicely - my new book says caviar goes with clams, so this is research!!
What a wonderful brunch we had and what a wonderful thing for Sarah to do for us.
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