Clam Soup

Ingredients

• clams
• water
• salt
• olive oil
• garlic
• scallions (cebolleta)
• tomato
• parsley
• rice or bread slices

Instructions

1. Wash the clams thoroughly. Cook them in water with salt until tender. Remove the clams from their shells and set aside.
2. In a cooking pot, make a sofrito by frying the olive oil with minced garlic, chopped scallions, tomato, and parsley. Add the shelled clams to this base.
3. Strain the cooking liquid from the clams and add it to the pot. Finish the soup with rice or thin slices of bread, cooking until the starch is tender.