Britta's Seefood Boil

I am supposed to be on the beach. There is a tropical storm running through my vacation destination and I ended up cancelling everything. Second best solution:  I bring the beach and seafood to my home.

 


We need (picture):
3 medium potatoes
1 medium onion
1 pack of Eckrich Smoked Turkey Sausage
2 ears of fresh corn
2 clove of garlic
1/2 cup fat free half/half 
1 bag of Mahogany Clams
snow crab legs (see that you can get thick legged ones, everything else is lots of work and no reward)
 
Not in picture:
2 tsp margarine
1 cup of white wine
fresh or frozen shrimps (as many as you want or none)
juice of one lemon
6 cups of water 
2 tsp of tomato paste
 
Spice mix:
4 tsp Old Bay seasoning
2 tsp of Sweet and Smoky salt less spice mix (optional)
1/2 tsp of Tumeric
1/2 tsp of Curry
1 tsp ground Allspice
 2 bay leafs


Preparation work:
In a large bowl add the clams, water and ice, so the water remains cold. The clams should discard the sand they still carry. It depends how clean you want them. I start that 1hour before I start cooking.
 
Other prep work:
  • wash and cut the potatoes in 1/2" pieces
  • peel the onion and coarsly chop
  • slice the sausages
  • cut the corn into 3 pieces
  • slice the garlic 
  • mix all the spices in a little bowl and set aside
Let's start cooking over medium heat
In a big pot melt the margarine, add the sausage slices and brown them a bit. Then add the onions and let them get translucent. 
Add the wine and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. 
Add the garlic slices, the 2 bay leafs and the corn and cook for 5 minutes
Add the 6 cups of water, spice mix, the lemon juice and the potatoes as well as the tomato paste
Now start to pay attention to timing.
When the potatoes to get soft, add the crab leggs, when the potatoes are almost soft, add the shrimps (my shrimps were still frozen, so I needed them to defrost in the pot, for fresh shrimps add them 3 minutes before finishing) , pick the clams from the ice water and add 1/2 cup of half/half
bring it back to a boil and check for the clams. When they are open, turn off the heat and serve.

Note, the broth will still contain some sand from the clams, so don't scrape the bottom. However the broth is delicious.
Serve with a bib, water and a bowl for the shells.
-Mahlzeit-




 
 
 
 
 
 

 



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