Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Tairagai (pen shell clam)



Today we got some pen shell clams in. Their Japanese name is tairagai. The part of these big bivalves that you eat is the muscle that holds the shell closed. Its great raw or lightly seared but gets tough and rubbery when cooked.





I thinly sliced them and did a compossed salad with some locally foraged miner's lettuce and chickweed.

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