Recipe courtesy of Chuck Hughes
Recipe courtesy of Chuck Hughes
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Stove-Top Clambake
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- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 40 min
- Yield: 2 hefty servings
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 40 min
- Yield: 2 hefty servings
Ingredients
Garlic-Chive Butter
Lime Butter
Smoked Paprika Butter
Directions
- Into a large pot or large kettle, pour about 3 to 4 inches of water. Add the salt, and a few handfuls of seaweed to come quarter way up the pot.* Nestle the lobsters on top of the seaweed. Layer the corn, sausages and potatoes and then the clams on top, and cover with a lid or tin foil.
- Bring the pot to a boil over high heat, and then turn down to medium, and steam the 'clambake' for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until the clam shells have opened wide and the lobster has turned bright red. Scoop out all the pieces onto a serving platter, cut the lobster tail from midway through to the end and open up for ease of eating with your hands!
- Serve with bottled hot sauce, lobster crackers and a pot of warm compound butter for dipping and slurping.
Smoked Paprika Butter
- To make the garlic-chive butter: Mince the garlic and add to the soft butter in a bowl. Mince the fresh chives, and add. Squeeze the lemon juice over top. Add a pinch of salt. Stir to incorporate. Place half of the compound butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut. Place the other half on another wax paper sheet, roll up, and refrigerate.
- To make the lime butter: Combine the butter, lime zest and lime juice in a small bowl, Stir to combine. Place the butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut, and refrigerate.
- To make the smoked paprika butter: Combine the butter, paprika, hot sauce and salt in a small bowl. Stir to combine. Place the butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut, and refrigerate. Just before serving, cut a hunk off the butter log and place in a small saucepan to melt for the lobster and clam dipping pot. Place the remainder back in the refrigerator for later use.
Cook’s Note
*The seaweed will act as the steaming bed. If you can't find seaweed, you can make a steaming bed with rocks.
