New England Style Clambake

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 20 (1 lb) lobsters
• 20 lbs fresh soft-shell clams or 20 lbs mussels
• 10 lbs fresh hard-shell littleneck clams
• 10 lbs fresh haddock or 10 lbs cod
• 20 medium potatoes
• 20 medium sweet potatoes
• 20 ears corn
• 5 lbs sausage (hot dogs,bratwurst,kielbsa,)
• linguica sausage or portuguese chourico
• 3 lbs whole onions, peeled
• 1 bushel fresh seaweed (wash with clean water)
• cheesecloth

Recipe

• 1 dig a whole in the ground approximately 2 feet wide, 4 feet long and 18-inches deep.
• 2 line whole with stones and heat for 2-3 hours using wood and/or charcoal.
• 3 after 2-3 hours, remove coals and embers from stones and place 1/2 bushel fresh seaweed on top of the hot stones.
• 4 **remember: the stones must be extremely hot to achieve adequate steam to cook.
• 5 now, work quickly to layer food on top of seaweed. spread food evenly over each other in layers.
• 6 first, place soft shells clams on seaweed;.
• 7 next, little necks;.
• 8 next, sausage and fish; to make it easier for removal, place these ingredients in a cheesecloth bag.:.
• 9 next, whole peeled onions, sweet and potatoes;.
• 10 finally, place lobsters on top of all.
• 11 cover food with clean wet cloth and place remaining seaweed on top of cloth.
• 12 now, cover entire back with a wet tarpaulin, sealing steam in created by hot stones and seaweed.
• 13 only allow a samll amount of steam to escape to relieve pressure.
• 14 allow bake to cook 1 or more hours until potatoes are soft.