Baked Clams In Spicy Butter Sauce (Les Palourdes Aux Aromates) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 dozen clams (opened and left on the half shell)
1/4 cup finely chopped shallot
1/4 cup dry white wine
16 tablespoons sweet butter, cut into 1 inch cubes
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons imported mustard such as Dijon mustard or 2 teaspoons dusseldorf mustard
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Arrange the open clams, meat side up, on a baking sheet.
Preheat the oven to 450.
In a saucepan, combine the chopped shallots and wine.
Cook briefly, stirring.
Add the butter and heat, stirring, until it melts.
Add the salt, pepper, tabasco, worcestershire sauce, and mustard.
Bring just to the boil, stirring.
Cook and continue stirring for about 5 minutes.
Add the basil& let the sauce cool to lukewarm.
Spoon the sauce over the clams and bake for 10 minutes.
Then run the clams under the broiler for about 15 seconds (no longer!) Sprinkle with parsley and serve.