Susan's Famous Baked Clams!

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh breadcrumb (real breadcrumbs! store bought will be soggy!)
• 3 green onions (sliced thin)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin)
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 cup fresh parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 2 (6 ounce) cans minced clams (drained with juice reserved)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 450.
• 2 in a large saute pan, saute' onions, garlic, crushed red peppers and parsley in olive oil until just fragrant. remove from heat.
• 3 add bread crumbs, clams, and parmesan to pan. squirt the juice of 1 lemon into pan and add clam juice until desired consistency. the mixture should be on the dry side. if you use too much liquid it will come out "gummy".
• 4 spoon into clam shells. bake for 14 minutes. should look brown on top.
• 5 squirt fresh lemon on each clam shell and add tobasco until desired heat is achieved.
• 6 wonderful!