🇪🇸 Spanish

Clams Sofrito

Name: Clams Sofrito
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 400 ml Tomato Sauce; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 800 g Clams; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

Hearty and humble: clams braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. 47 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 32 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Tomato Sauce400 ml
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Clams800 g
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the clams well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the clams out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the clams, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of sherry vinegar just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: How to Make Sofrito | Spanish recipe that’s the cornerstone of Spanish cooking! · on YouTube