Jewels in the Crown

Name: How to cook Jewels in the Crown - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Laura

Jewels in the Crown

What did the Phonecians ever do for us?

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 servings

Cooking time :

40 minutes

600 g (1 1/2 lbs)

Continental salad onion, finely chopped

tsps of extra virgin olive oil

small beldi preserved lemons, sliced

red chilli, deseeded and finely diced

200 ml

(7 floz) of sparkling white wine

1 handful

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C. Clean the clams thoroughly in salt water and drain.

* Step 2

Lightly drizzle the tomatoes and lemon with a little oil, top with the rosemary, lightly season with salt pepper and place on a baking tray. Bake in the oven until the tomatoes start to split and the lemons start to caramelise, around 15 minutes. Whilst the lemon and tomatoes are roasting, bring a pan of salted water to the boil and add the fregula. Boil until al dente, 15-20 minutes, drain and set aside.

* Step 3

Heat the remaining 2 tsps of olive oil in a large heavy pot with a lid. Gently sauté the garlic, onion and chilli for 1-2 minutes until soft but not coloured. Add the wine and bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for around 5 minutes until reduced by half.

* Step 4

Add the clams, cover and cook, shaking the pan occasionally until the clams are cooked, discarding any that do not open.

* Step 5

Add the fregula to the pan and heat through. Finely dice the preserved lemons. Discard the rosemary and remove the tomatoes from the stalks. Add the lemon pieces and the tomatoes to the fregula and clams and stir until well-coated. If the seaweed is dried, rehydrate for a minute in boiling water. Stir through the fresh parsley, seaweed and leave for a minute or two for the fregola to absorb the flavours.