Preparation time
10 minutes
Cooking time
20 minutes
Serves
4
On this episode of My Market Kitchen, McLaren Vale in South Australia is our featured wine region! This region sits on the coast and has a Meditterranean climate, so it only made sense that Tobi Puttock cooked us his Pippi's, Pancetta, Garlic and Crusty Bread recipe.
Wine Selectors Adam Walls suggests pairing this dish with a McLaren Vale wine to complement the Pippis. Either the Haselgrove Grenache Rosé 2020 or the Serafino Bellissimo Fiano 2020.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
8 slices pancetta, cut into batons
1kg fresh clams or vongole, washed
50 ml extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely minced
1-2 small red chili’s, finely minced
50ml chardonnay or other white wine.
Small bunch of parsley, washed and roughly chopped.
Crusty bread for serving
Cracked pepper
Method
1. Place a large pot over a low/ medium heat. Add the pancetta and cook stirring from time to time until the pancetta is crispy and much of the fat has rendered out. Use a slotted spoon to remove the pancetta and place on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
2. If the pan is dry add the oil, if there is an abundance of pancetta fat, even better. Add the garlic and the chilli and cook over a medium heat As the garlic starts to sizzle add the clams, increase the heat to high and stir with a wooden spoon to distribute the garlic and chilli, pop the lid on the pot.
3. After a minute or so lift the lid and check in the pot, the clams should be starting to open. Once they have all opened stir through the parsley, season with cracked pepper and serve immediately with the crispy pancetta spoon doer the clams and of course some crusty bread.