Keto Clams Casino

🧂 Ingredients

• 24 Cherrystone Clams
• 8 oz Butter

  2 sticks
• 4 oz Crispy Bacon
• 1 Bell Pepper
• ½ cup Sliced Scallions
• ½ cup Italian Pork King Good Breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese
• ¼ cup Chopped Parsley
• 8 slices Provolone Cheese
• 1 tbsp Chopped Garlic
• 1 tsp Crushed Red Chili Flakes

Instructions

• 1 Rinse and srub the outside of each clam using cold water. once the clams are
  clean fill a large pot or bowl with cold water and a ¼ cup of salt. let the
  clams sit in the water to purge for about 2 hours. let butter sit out to soften
  while clams purge.
• 2 cut raw bacon into 1 inch pieces and saute until crispy. Remove bacon and let
  coll on a paper towel. saute the scallions, diced bell pepper and garlic in the
  bacon fat. then let cool to room temperature.
• 3 fold the sauteed vegies, crispy bacon and italian pork king good breadcrumbs
  with the softened butter. then mix in remaining seasonings and half of the
  parmesan cheese.
• 4 Bring a Large Pot w/ a steamer basket to a boil and add ¼ cup of kosher salt to
  the pot. Steam the clams for 8-12 Minutes until the clams have all fully opened.
  once the clams are cool enough to handle harvest the meat from each clam. Chop
  the clams into medium pieces.
• 5 Fold the Chopped clams into the casino butter mixture. then split apart the
  shells and rinse off any shell fragments. Scoop a heaping spoonful of the casino
  butter into 24 shells. top with a quarter slice of provolone and remaining
  parmesan cheese.
• 6 Place Clams on a sheet pan and bake at 425 for 8-10 minutes util cheese is fully
  melted and butter is begining to bubble out the sides of the clams

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