Clam Soup
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- clams
- water
- salt
- olive oil
- garlic
- scallions (cebolleta)
- tomato
- parsley
- rice or bread slices
Instructions
- Wash the clams thoroughly.
- Cook them in water with salt until cooked.
- Remove the clams from their shells and set aside.
- 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.
- Strain the cooking liquid from the clams and add it to the pot.
- Finish the soup with rice or thin slices of bread.