Clambake In A Pot

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2-1 lb kielbasa
• 1/2-1 lb thick slab bacon, in 2 pieces
• 3 lbs hard shell clams, washed
• 3 lbs mussels, well washed and debearded
• 1 lb tiny new potatoes (or larger waxy potatoes cut into chunks of less than 1 inch)
• 2 (1 1/2 lb) lobsters
• 4 ears corn, shucked
• melted butter

Recipe

• 1 put the meat in the bottom of a very large pot, like a lobster pot.
• 2 add in the clams and mussels, then the potatoes.
• 3 top with the lobster and corn; add in ½ cup water.
• 4 cover and turn the heat to high; cook, shaking the pot a little every few minutes, for about 20 minutes.
• 5 remove the lid and carefully (there is danger of scalding) check one of the potatoes to see whether it is done.
• 6 if not, recover and cook another 10 minutes or so.
• 7 put the corn, meat, lobsters on one or more platters; put the clams/mussels in a large bowl and ladle some of the cooking juices over them.
• 8 serve, if you like, with melted butter.