Recipe
Spanish Clams and Beans - (Almejas con Fabas)
Posted by : unknown
Preparation time : 30 Min
Cooking time : 1 Hrs 0 Min
Level of difficulty : Low
Ingredients
6 servings
- 1Kg (2lb) dry beans, soaked overnight
- 1 onion, quartered
- cloves garlic
- Sprig of parsley
- tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Kg (2lb) clams
- 1/4 tsp saffron, crushed
- 1 tablespoon bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon salt
- Pepper
Preparation
- Drain the soaked beans and put them to cook in enough water to cover with the onion, 1 clove of the garlic, and the herbs.
- When beans are half cooked, about 30 minutes, heat the oil in a frying pan and add the clams with a little water. Cover and steam the open over a high heat, shaking the pan until the clam shells open. Remove from the heat immediately. Strain the liquid and add it to the beans.
- Shell the clams, discarding any that do not open.
- In a mortar crush the saffron with the remaining clove of garlic and the breadcrumbs.Mix to a paste with a little of the liquid from the beans.
- Add the shelled clams to the beans with the breadcrumb mixture. Season to taste.. Simmer for 10 minutes.
