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Clam Juice Cocktail

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. Cocktail
  2. Clams
  3. 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  4. 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  5. a dash of celery salt
  6. 4 cup catsup
  7. 3 tablespoons water

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. 14% dozen clams in the shell 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 3 tablespoons water Few grains celery salt 4 cup catsup 1 cup clam juice 3 drops Tabasco Sauce Finely crushed ice 2 tablespoons lemon juice Celery salt Wash clams thoroughly, put in saucepan with 3 tablespoons water, cover, and cook until shells open.
  2. Remove clams from the shell to get all the liquor and strain through double thickness of cheesecloth.
  3. Mix catsup with seasonings, strain through fine strainer, add to clam juice, shake with crushed ice, and put in cocktail glasses, adding a dash of celery salt to each glass.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
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Credit

From The Boston cooking-school cook book (1927), printed page 122, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bostoncookingsch0000fann_a6z0

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.