Lima Beans With Clams Food

RAGOUT OF CLAM, HOMINY, SQUASH AND LIMA BEAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the sausages and boil for 8 minutes. Drain and let cool. Cut the sausages into 1/4-inch dice.
• Lay the clams in a roasting pan. Top with the sausage, onions, endive, garlic, Scotch bonnet pepper, wine, 1 cups tomatoes and butter. Bring to a boil on top of the stove, then roast in the oven for 8 minutes. Turn the clam mixture and roast for 5 to 10 minutes longer, or until the clams have opened. Remove the shells, reserve the clams and pour the remaining solids and liquid into a medium saucepan. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain the lima beans and add them to the pot and simmer, covered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. If the mixture begins to stick add cup water. Stir in half of the squash and the rosemary and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the remaining squash and tomatoes and the hominy. Simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the reserved clams and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve with polenta, couscous or rice.

LIMA BEANS WITH CLAMS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large deep skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and bay leaf and sauté until onion is golden, about 10 minutes. Add wine and simmer 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange clams atop beans. Increase heat to medium-high. Cover and cook until clams open, about 8 minutes. Discard any that do not open. Transfer clams to dish. Remove half of clams from shells and stir into beans. Mix tomatoes and parsley into beans. Mound lima bean mixture in large shallow bowl. Top with remaining clams in their shells and serve.

CLAMS IN WHITE BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Toss beans in a medium bowl with a drizzle of oil; season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Halve fennel and remove fronds (don't toss the fronds!). Thinly slice one half of fennel and transfer to a medium bowl along with fronds. Place a damp paper towel directly on fennel to help prevent browning and set aside. Finely chop remaining half of fennel, then thinly slice garlic.
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large heavy pot over medium. Add chopped fennel, garlic, and rosemary sprig and cook, stirring often, until fennel is translucent and tender but still has some bite, about 5 minutes.
• While that's happening, remove 2 wide strips of zest from lemon with a vegetable peeler. Halve lemon and pick out seeds. Coarsely chop parsley.
• Add clams and lemon zest to pot, squeeze in juice from a lemon half, cover pot, and cook until some clams start to open, 5-7 minutes. Toss and stir clams; use a slotted spoon to transfer any open ones to a medium bowl. Cover pot and cook until remaining clams open, checking sporadically and transferring them to bowl as they are done, 7-9 minutes; discard any clams that don't open. Add reserved seasoned beans to pot and stir to combine; loosen sauce with water if it looks too tight. Return clams to pot, add half of parsley, and toss well.
• Add remaining parsley to bowl with reserved sliced fennel and squeeze remaining lemon half over. Season fennel-herb salad with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Drizzle with a very small amount of oil and toss again.
• Serve clams topped with salad and toasted bread for dipping into sauce.

GRILLED HALIBUT WITH LIMA BEAN AND ROASTED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
• Core tomatoes, then halve crosswise. Stud the cut side of each half with garlic slivers, then sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total). Arrange tomatoes, cut sides up, in a lightly oiled shallow baking pan, then drizzle evenly with 1 tablespoon oil. Roast until just soft and wilted, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While tomatoes roast, cook beans in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water , uncovered, until just tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain in a colander and cool slightly, about 10 minutes. When beans are cool enough to handle, gently slip off skins. Coarsely chop beans and roasted tomatoes, then toss with basil, remaining tablespoon oil, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and lemon juice (to taste).
• Prepare grill for cooking over medium-hot charcoal (moderate heat for gas). If using a charcoal grill, open vents on bottom of grill, then light charcoal. When charcoal turns grayish white (about 15 minutes from lighting), hold your hand 5 inches above grill rack to determine charcoal heat. It is medium-hot when you can hold your hand there for 3 to 4 seconds. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, covered, 10 minutes, then reduce to moderate setting.
• Pat fish dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. Grill on lightly oiled grill rack, covered only if using gas grill, turning over once, until just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes total.
• Serve fish topped with bean and roasted tomato sauce.

WHITE BEANS WITH CLAMS

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight. The following day, drain them and cover with cold water. Add the onions, garlic, carrots, parsley sprigs and bay leaves. Bring to boil, add one cup cold water to cut the boil, then return to a boil, cover and simmer very slowly one-and-a-half to two hours, or until beans are tender.
• When the beans are almost tender, start preparing the clams. Heat the oil in a skillet and sauté the onion and garlic until the onion is wilted. Add the clams and cook over medium high heat, stirring frequently, until they open. Sprinkle in the paprika and the parsley. Add the wine, chili pepper, salt (if necessary), and pepper. Cook 5 minutes more.
• Stir saffron and salt into the beans, add clams with all liquid in the pan. Shake to mix in clams and liquid. Cover and cook for five minutes.
• Serve the beans in soup bowls with the clams arranged on top.