john murphy's clam puffs

Name: John Murphy's Clam Puffs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 - loaf of san fransisco french bread, sliced very thin; 4 can(s) minced clams, drain and save the juice; 1 package(s) cream cheese (8 oz); 2 tablespoon(s) heaping of sour cream; 2 teaspoon(s) butter, softened; 2 pinch(es) salt; 2 pinch(es) pepper; 1/2 teaspoon(s) dry mustard; 2 dash(es) fresh lemon juice; 2 dash(es) Worcestershire sauce; - a cube of soft butter; 1 clove(s) garlic, mashed

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Bonnie Beck

Route 66, AZ

Updated on Sep 26, 2012

This is another wonderful old recipe from my two Uncles who lived in that great old Victorian house with the wood stove and that wonderful marble slab in the kitchen. I remember John would make these on a rainy day, serving them in the living room in front of a crackling fire in the fireplace with wonderful wine, while Mozart or Aida played on the stereo. They are so gooooooooood. More than once I made a pig out of myself eating them. It's a quick and easy recipe.

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So easy and so very tasty! We cannot wait to serve this one up at our next dinner party.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 10 Min

cook time 5 Min

method Broil

yield Clams

Ingredients

1 - loaf of san fransisco french bread, sliced very thin
4 cans minced clams, drain and save the juice
1 package cream cheese (8 oz)
2 tablespoons heaping of sour cream
2 teaspoons butter, softened
2 pinches salt
2 pinches pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
2 dashes fresh lemon juice
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- a cube of soft butter
1 clove garlic, mashed

How To Make john murphy's clam puffs

Step 1

Rub a bowl well with the garlic.

Step 2

Hand mix all the ingrediences together in the bowl you rubbed the garlic on. Except the cube of butter and bread. Set in refrig.
Step 3

Make the clam sauce with the reserved clam juice using some lemon juice, salt, pepper, butter. Set aside on stove to keep warm.
Step 4

Slice the French bread very thin and toast only ONE side in the oven. Set aside.
Step 5

On the untoasted side of bread, spread a tad of soft butter and place a dab of Clam mixture.
Step 6

Broil: leaving the flame on high at all times to make clam mixture puffy and to make them hot.
Step 7

Serve HOT as an Hors d'oeuvres...with the clam sauce. We love dipping the bread in the clam sauce.
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