raw clams
Shellfish served fresh
Raw clams are clams served uncooked, typically on the half shell with lemon, cocktail sauce, or mignonette.
They're eaten at oyster bars and seafood restaurants, prized for their briny, oceanic flavor.
Littlenecks and cherrystones are the most common varieties served raw.
We started with a dozen raw clams and some oysters.
- oystersEdible marine mollusks
- bivalvesTwo-shelled mollusks
- shuckedRemoved outer shell
- brinyStrongly of salt
- shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
slurp · half-shell · mignonette · lemon · seawater · cherrystones · littlenecks · cocktail sauce · horseradish · ice · platter · pearl · sand · acquired taste · gritty · chewy · oceanic · fresh
- clam dishesNew England chowder, clambake, steamers
- raw barshrimp cocktail, half shell, cocktail shrimp, mussels, crab legs
- raw dishessashimi, carpaccio, tartare, ceviche, crudo
cooking state
raw clamssteamed clams
Heat-cooked hinged shellfish
fried clams · clams casino · stuffed clams · clam chowder · clam sauce
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