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Clams with Pancetta Sofrito & COBS Sourdough Vienna Loaf Recipe

By: Andrea Alden

Quick and comforting this BBQ recipe for Clams with Pancetta Sofrito & COBS Sourdough Vienna Loaf is a delightful seafood favorite that is at once rustic, comforting, and swanky. There is nothing like quality seafood cooked in wine and served with exceptional bread that has been lightly flavored with butter and garlic. Combine that with a lightly salty pancetta sofrito, and you have a meal made in heaven.

Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
20 min
Yield
2
Difficulty
Medium

Clams with Pancetta Sofrito & COBS Sourdough Vienna Loaf Recipe

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Ingredients

Method

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Ingredients

Sofrito

¼ cup (2 oz)

diced pancetta

2 cloves

garlic, sliced

½ medium

sweet onion, diced

1 small

red pepper, diced

Small bunch

cilantro – diced, reserve some for garnish

2 wide slices

lemon-zest

1

bay leaf

½ cup 

dry white wine

1 tbsp.

olive oil

Salt to taste


Mussels 

1 tbsp.

olive oil

1 clove

garlic

1 lb.

clams

½ cup

dry white wine


To Serve

2 tbsp.

olive oil

2 tbsp.

butter

1 clove

garlic, crushed with a blade

Optional – red pepper flakes

Method
  1. Preheat your grill to 400°F preparing for indirect grilling. In a heat-safe pan, combine the 2 tbsp. olive oil, 2 tbsp. butter, and crushed garlic. Allow the butter and oil to melt together and the garlic to steep using indirect heat, while you cook everything else. 
  2. Grill the pancetta over direct heat. Heat a cast-iron pan over medium-low heat on your infrared sizzle zone side burner or range side burner. Cook the garlic in oil until slightly crisped, add onion, and red pepper, stirring often until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the lemon, cilantro, bay leaf, wine, and a pinch of salt. Reduce until saucy, then transfer the sofrito to a bowl. Remove the lemon peel and bay leaf. Chop and add grilled pancetta to the sofrito and set aside.
  3. Wipe out the cast iron pan and warm another tablespoon of oil. Add the clams, sofrito, and remaining wine. Bring the combination to a simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes. While the clams are cooking, brush both sides of thickly sliced COBS Sourdough Vienna Loaf with the butter mixture and grill them over direct heat until crisp. 
  4. Discard any clams that have not opened before serving.
  5. Serve the clams over the grilled bread with loads of the sauce. Garnish with remaining cilantro and optional red pepper flakes.

This meal of Clams with Pancetta Sofrito & COBS Sourdough Vienna Loaf can be seen as something incredibly fancy, perfect for a candlelit dinner for two or something wonderfully comforting that can be thrown together for a fast weeknight meal. Tell us about your favorite seafood comfort dishes by sharing stories and photos to our social pages like Grills Facebook and Instagram using the hashtags #ComfortSeafood and #NapoleonGrills.

Happy Grilling!

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - grill pancetta

Grill the pancetta over direct heat

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - cook sofrito

Cook the sofrito on the side burner

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - cook clams

Cook the clams in the sofrito with more wine

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - grill Bread

While the clams are cooking, grill the bread. Brush thoroughly with the olive oil - butter mixture

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - clams are ready

The clams are ready when they've opened

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - serve1

Serve with remaining cilantro as garnish

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - serve2

Serve on slices of grilled Sourdough Vienna Loaf from COBS Bread

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Serve with a delicious dry white wine

AndreaAlden
Andrea Alden

I used to be the Sultana of Sizzle, but you can call me Andrea. I have always been passionate about food. Even though I was majoring in Art and Graphic Design, I would frequently be found cooking for my friends and family.

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RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - grill pancetta

Grill the pancetta over direct heat

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - cook sofrito

Cook the sofrito on the side burner

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - cook clams

Cook the clams in the sofrito with more wine

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - grill Bread

While the clams are cooking, grill the bread. Brush thoroughly with the olive oil - butter mixture

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - clams are ready

The clams are ready when they've opened

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - serve1

Serve with remaining cilantro as garnish

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - serve2

Serve on slices of grilled Sourdough Vienna Loaf from COBS Bread

RecipeBlog - Clam Sofrito on COBS - serve3

Serve with a delicious dry white wine

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