Reese Family Clam Dip - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 garlic clove
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1 dash pepper
1 dash paprika
8 ounces minced clams, drained (but reserve liquid)
1/4 cup clam broth (reserved from the can)

Preparation

Peel and halve garlic clove, and rub on interior wall of serving bowl. (This seems like an unimportant step -- but my Mom used to swear that this one step made all the difference -- We don't question Jolean. You shouldn't either -- ). Mince the rest of the garlic clove to add to the other ingredients.
Leave cream cheese in bowl until it has reached room temperature. (Don't nuke it -- let it rest and thaw on it's own --) Then cream with a fork until smooth.
Gradually add remaining ingredients (except minced clams), blending well. (Use a hand mixer to get the lumps out, if any.).
Fold in minced clams last. Blend well --.
Chill for 1 hour, sprinkle paprika on top and serve with rippled potato chips.
YUM!