Very strange but filling and delicious.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch tart |
Ingredients
- 1 (9 inch) tart shell, partially baked
- 48 small soft-shell clams
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup light cream
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
- 4 slices bacon
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
Instructions
- Place oven rack on highest level. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Set prebaked tart shell on a baking sheet (see Editor’s Note).
- Chop the clams finely, and reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid. Beat the eggs well, and add clam liquid, cream, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Whisk until smooth, and stir in the clams.
- Fry the bacon over moderate heat until crisp, and then remove from pan and set aside. Leave about half a tablespoon of bacon grease in the pan, and add onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. clam mixture. Crumble the bacon into mixture, then pour into mixture into pastry shell.
- Crumble the bacon into the tart shell; add onion. Carefully pour custard into shell and transfer to preheated oven.
- Bake on the top rack until center is set, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve hot or warm.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 288 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 127 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 438 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
There is clearly a major time error in this recipe – it needs to cook for at least 40 minutes, maybe a little longer. It’s basically a quiche, and that’s a fairly constant baking time. The recipe does note that a toothpick should come out clean, so if it doesn’t keep it in the oven a little longer. That being said, I did make 2 ingredient additions to this recipe. I added one diced celery stalk and 1 diced potato, because good clam chowder has to have both of those (in my opinion of course)! Without the potato I would not have felt satisfied by this dish, but with it, this was great! I used turkey bacon due to allergies as well. The man ate 2 large helpings, and asked when we were having this again. This was wonderful with a side salad, and relatively easy to throw together. This will definitely be in my weeknight meal rotation! I don’t normally rate 5 stars when I feel a key ingredient was missing, but this was truly a great find – thanks again!