Clam juice is a broth derived from steamed ,
Preparation
Clam juice is typically prepared from the liquid obtained from
Steaming clams.
Clam juice may be prepared fresh for consumption,
or purchased in prepared bottled form.
Some companies
Mass production prepared clam juice, which is made by steaming fresh clams in water with salt, collecting the extracted liquid known as clam extract or clam liquor, and then filtering it.
In 1937, William G. Frazier invented a clam opener devised to easily open clams and retain all of the clam juice, which was collected in a bowl.
Use in dishes
Clam juice is sometimes used in the preparation of
clam chowder and other
.
It may be used as an ingredient in various sauces and meat sauces,
seafood dishes, in
Cooking base, and as a condiment to top foods, similar to the manner that
fish sauce may be used.
Italian chefs sometimes use clam juice as an ingredient in seafood dishes and pasta sauces.
As a beverage
Some restaurants and bars in the US serve shots of pure clam juice.
For example, the Old Clam House in San Francisco, California serves a shot glass of hot clam juice at the beginning of each meal.
In the early 1900s in the United States, clam juice was purported to be a
hangover remedy.
The Everleigh Club, a former brothel in Chicago, Illinois, that was in operation from 1900 to October 1911, would serve iced clam juice and a tablet of aspirin as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon.
Beverages with clam juice
Soda fountains
In the United States in the early 1900s, clam juice was used as an ingredient for various beverages at
.
Beverages prepared with clam juice included hot clam juice, hot clam soda, hot ginger clam broth, hot celery punch, hot clam cream, clam night cap, tomato clam broth and others.
During this time, a recipe for hot clam juice used one-half to one-ounce of clam juice in an eight-ounce glass, the remainder of which was filled with hot water.
Cocktails
In contemporary times, clam juice is sometimes used as an ingredient or
drink mixer in
, such as the Caesar,
also known as a Bloody Caesar.
Clamato
Clamato is a
Mass production beverage prepared with
tomato juice concentrate, clam juice and spices.
It also contains high-fructose corn syrup, monosodium glutamate, salt and
ascorbic acid.
Clamato is used as an ingredient in the Caesar cocktail.
The
michelada, a
beer cocktail, is sometimes prepared using Clamato as an ingredient.
See also
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