Pork and Clams (Carne De Porco Alentejana)
Pork and Clams (Carne De Porco Alentejana)

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pork and clams (carne de porco alentejana) using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pork and Clams (Carne De Porco Alentejana):
  1. Make ready 650 grams cubed pork
  2. Take 650 grams calms
  3. Prepare 5 potatoes, peeled and cut in cubes
  4. Get 4 garlic cloves, finely diced
  5. Get 2 bay leaves
  6. Take coriander, (add according to how much you like the taste)
  7. Get 1-2 Tbsp pimento paste
  8. Take 225 ml white wine
  9. Make ready 60 ml olive oil, extra virgin
  10. Take to taste sea salt
  11. Prepare to taste cracked black pepper
  12. Make ready vegetable oil, for frying potatoes
  13. Take pickles in vinegar (diced), OPTIONAL
  14. Get whole olives, OPTIONAL
Instructions to make Pork and Clams (Carne De Porco Alentejana):
  1. Note: If you can't find pimento paste use 2 teaspoons of paprika. The taste won't be exactly the same but it'll be just as good.
  2. Prepare the pork, in a bowl add the diced pork, pimento paste, garlic cloves, salt and black peper (when using pimento I normally omit as its already really salty). Mix everything together well. Then add the bay leaves and add the wine again mix well. Place in fridge and let it marinade at least 4 hours before, preferably leave it marinating overnight. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/368965-pimentao-the-traditional-way
  3. In the morning, place the clams in cold salted water. Change the water a number of times during the day. Just before cooking run the clams a few times under running water.
  4. Next fry the potatoes and place on a tray lined with kitchen roll. When fried set aside covered with foil to keep warm.
  5. Drain the pork from the marinade and reserve the marinade for later.
  6. In a large pot heat the olive oil.
  7. Next add the pork and fry for around 5 minutes. Stir every so often.
  8. Add the marinade into the pot and cook for a further 5 minutes.
  9. Add the clams and cook between 5-10 minutes until they are all open. Discard any that are unopened as they are unsafe to eat.
  10. Remove from the heat and add the coriander, pickles and olives. On this occasion I chose not to add pickles or olives as my fiancée doesn't like neither.
  11. Place the potatoes in a shallow tray and lightly salt.
  12. Next place the pork over the potatoes and lightly mix together.
  13. Then drizzle the sauce over the pork.
  14. Serve immediately.

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