Clam juice
Clam juice is the broth obtained from clams.[1] It is prepared using the liquid collected from steamed clams. Clam juice is used as an ingredient in various dishes, as a beverage that is drunk in its whole form, and as an ingredient in various beverages.
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Preparation
Clam juice is typically prepared from the liquid obtained from steamed clams.[1] Clam juice may be prepared fresh[2] or obtained in prepared bottled form.[1][3] Some companies mass-produce prepared clam juice, which is performed by steaming fresh clams in water with salt, collecting the liquor, and then filtering the liquid.[1][4]
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.[5] A patent for the clam opener was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 15, 1938.[5]
Use in dishes
Clam juice is sometimes used in the preparation of clam chowder and other chowders.[3] It may be used as an ingredient in various sauces and meat sauces, seafood dishes, in soup bases, and as a condiment to top foods, similar to the manner that fish sauce may be used.[1][6][7]
Italian chefs sometimes use clam juice as an ingredient in seafood dishes and pasta sauces.[1] It is sometimes used during the deglazing process in cooking.[1] It may provide a mineral-like flavor to dishes, and serve as a substrate to assist in combining flavors present in a dish.[1]
As a beverage
Some restaurants and bars in the US serve shots of pure clam juice.[8] For example, the Old Clam House in San Francisco, California serves a shot glass of hot clam juice at the beginning of each meal.[8] In the early 1900s in the United States, clam juice was purported to be a hangover remedy.[1]
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.[9][10]
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 soda fountains.[11] 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.[11][12][13][14]
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.[11] Accompaniments included soda crackers, celery salt, salt and pepper.[11] The beverage was sometimes prepared with the addition of milk or hot milk.[11] The addition of a small portion of butter would enhance the flavor of hot clam juice.[11]
Cocktails
In contemporary times, clam juice is sometimes used as an ingredient or drink mixer in cocktails, such as the Bloody Mary and Caesar,[2][15][16] also known as a Bloody Caesar.[17]
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Bloody Mary cocktail prepared with clam juice
Clamato
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Clamato is a mass-produced beverage prepared with tomato juice concentrate, clam juice and spices.[18][19] It also contains high fructose corn syrup, monosodium glutamate, salt and ascorbic acid.[19] Clamato is sometimes used as an ingredient in the Caesar cocktail.[18] The Michelada, a beer cocktail, is sometimes prepared using Clamato as an ingredient.[20]
See also
- Clam sauce
- Fred Fear & Company – a former U.S. purveyor of clam juice
- List of juices
- Oyster sauce
- Drink portal
References
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Further reading
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
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