Barnstable Clam Pie Recipes

CAPE COD CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
• 2. Sprinkle the clams, onion, potato and bacon over the bottom of the pie shells. In a bowl, beat together the eggs, cream and poultry seasoning. Pour this mixture over the clams.
• 3. Top with second crust. Make slits for steam to escape.
• 4. Bake 45-55 minutes, until set and lightly browned. Serve hot or cold.

DEEP SEA CLAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees F. Fry out salt pork in iron fry pan. Add butter, blend in flour, add clam broth. Cook until broth is thickened. Grind meaty portion of clams, leaving out stomachs. Throw ground clams in pot with broth. Season with pepper. Cook slowly for 10 minutes.
• 2. Line deep pie dish with rich pastry. Put in clam mixture, cover with top crust, and surround with twist of crust. Bake in pre-heated oven, 450 degrees F for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 15 minutes longer. Serves 6

BARNSTABLE CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Steam the clams and strain the juice, saving 1/4 cup.
• Remove the clams from the shells and chop finely.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour into a deep pie shell and cover with upper crust.
• Seal all around and pierce the top with a fork.
• Bake for approximately one hour.
• Serve very hot.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM PIE

Steps:

• Place clam juice, potatoes, carrots, and onion in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes.
• Add clams and salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix flour with light cream or milk (heavy cream will make the mixture too thick), and stir into the clam mixture.
• Bring to boil, stirring until the mixture thickens, remove from heat. Let mixture cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and prepare 1 pie shell in baking dish. Pour cooled mixture into the shell, and cover with the remaining shell, sealing the edges and poking airholes in the top.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 400, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook about 30 minutes longer, until the crust is golden brown.
• Let the pie cool in order to let the filling set.

CAPE COD CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook onions in melted butter until clear, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Pour clam juice into the saucepan. Add the potato; bring the mixture to a boil. Cook at a boil until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir heavy cream into the mixture; add clams. Continue cooking until the clams are warmed, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.