A Surefire Way To De-Sand Manila Clams - pack Manila

Method

• Rub the clam shells together, and rinse them in water.
• Set a colander inside a bowl.
• Add the clams and 3% salt water.
• Cover with a lid or something and leave for 1 hour to overnight.
• (Use a little more water in weight than the clams.)
• The clams will all open up like this, which is fun.
• It depends on the type of Manila clams you are using, but you'll see a lot of sand and dirt has dropped to the bottom of the bowl.
• It feels good to see it gone!
• Rinse the clams again, and drain them for a while in a colander.
• When they have drained and expelled the salt water, you can use them in any dish you like, safe in the knowledge that they're nice and clean.
• A bonus recipe!
• Put the cleaned clams in plastic bags and freeze.
• You can use them as-is without defrosting in your recipes.
• The main photo shows 500 g of clams with 500 ml of water + 150 g of salt.
• I froze half of them.
• Whenever I see Manila clams on sale, or when they go on sale in the evenings near closing tiem, I buy a lot and freeze them.
• One more!
• When you buy Manila clams, try shaking the packs.
• The ones that makes a heavy sound are healthy ones.
• If they make a light empty sound they're not that good.
• You can treat surf clams (hamaguri) in the same way - they'll come out of their shells like this!