• Main
  • Recipes
  • Steamers with a Kicked-Up Herb Butter (Emeril Lagasse) Recipe

Steamers with a Kicked-Up Herb Butter (Emeril Lagasse) Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Steamers with a Kicked-Up Herb Butter (Emeril Lagasse)
Add your photo!
Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
2421
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cup clam juice
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 2 shallots , cut into quarters lengthwise plus 2 tbsp, minced
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 5 sprigs thyme
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 1/2 bunch parsley sprigs
  • 1/2 bunch chives, chopped
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 8 lb steamer clams , scrubbed well under cold running water
  • 1 crusty baguette , for serving

Directions:

  1. Combine water, clam juice, white wine, shallots, garlic, 3 of the thyme sprigs, rosemary and parsley in a large stock pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
  2. In a food processor combine the minced shallots, chives, tarragon, leaves from the remaining 2 sprigs of thyme, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper and butter; blend until smooth.
  3. Place a steamer basket in the stockpot, add the clams to the steamer basket and cover. Cook until the clams open, about 10 minutes; remove any clams that do not open. Gently heat the herb butter. Transfer clams to a serving bowl. Strain the broth. Serve the clams with the broth, the herb butter and slices of the warm baguette.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2421.46 Kcal (10138 kJ)
Calories from fat 1314.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 146.05g 225%
Cholesterol 810.8mg 270%
Sodium 2828.5mg 118%
Potassium 137.37mg 3%
Total Carbs 99.21g 33%
Sugars 2.61g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 3%
Protein 193.38g 387%
Vitamin C 7.4mg 12%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 37.8mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 208.59 Kcal (873 kJ)
Calories from fat 113.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.58g 225%
Cholesterol 69.84mg 270%
Sodium 243.65mg 118%
Potassium 11.83mg 3%
Total Carbs 8.55g 33%
Sugars 0.22g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0.07g 3%
Protein 16.66g 387%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 12%
Calcium 3.3mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 60.4
    Points
  • 66
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top