Maine Clam Cakes Recipes

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oil to 350°F.
• Mix all the liquid ingredients together. Mix all the dry ingredients together. When your oil is hot, add the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Drop a tablespoon of batter into the hot oil at a time. Do not crowd the pot. Fry until golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with sea salt while still hot.

CLAMCAKES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and white pepper in large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until well blended.
• In a pot fitted with a oil thermometer, heat the canola oil to 350 degrees. Using a 1/2 cup measure, scoop some clamcake mixture and carefully drop clamcakes into the hot oil. Deep fry in canola oil until golden brown.

MAINE CLAM CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Mix the clams and the cracker crumbs together. If you don't have fresh chopped clams available in your area, you can used canned clams to equal one pint.
• 2. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well.
• 3. Let stand for a few minutes so the crumbs absorb the liquid. The mixute should hold together and be moist.
• 4. Fry in butter in a frypan, by dropping in large spoonfuls. Press down with the back of a spoon to make the cakes about 3/4 of an inch thick.
• 5. Turn the cake over when brown on the bottom and brown the other side. Put them on paper towels and service with ketchup and tarter sauce.

MAINE COAST CLAM FRITTERS

Steps:

• 1. Chop clams very fine.
• 2. Make a batter by beating eggs, add flour gradually. Add milk slowly, salt and pepper, then the chopped clams. Stir all together.
• 3. Drop by spoonfuls into deep hot fat that will color a 1-inch cube of bread golden brown in 60 seconds (365 degree on fat, thermometer) ; or cook in frying pan holding 1 1/2 inches of hot fat. When brown turn and brown on reverse side.
• 4. Drain and serve piping hot. "And if we've a mind for a delicate dish we go to the clam banks" - The Fore Father's song, 1630

EASY CLAM CAKES

Steps:

• Mix clams, eggs, crushed crackers, parsley, and grated onion.
• In pan in hot butter, spoon clam mixture into 4 mounds, gently flattening each with back of spoon.
• Cook cakes until browned on both sides, about 3-5 minutes per side.
• Serve with tartar sauce and lemon wedges, if desired.

RHODE ISLAND CLAM CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Mix all ingredients together;.
• 2. Drop by ice cream scoop full in hot oil (325 degrees) and fry until golden brown.
• 3. Drain on paper towels.
• 4. Salt as desired and serve hot.