Great recipe!Here's the clam dip that I've been making since the 1980s. It's basically the same as the classic Kraft Foods recipe.
Now, would you mind sharing your clam dip recipe? I've been searching for years for the one my parents used to make in the 60's. Nothing so far comes even close, but of course I am battling memory....
STEVE'S CLAM DIP
Let the clam flavor dominate. Don't overdo competing ingredients. Add dash of your favorite hot pepper sauce. Substitute horseradish sauce for garlic.
2 (8-ounce) cans clam
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper, to taste
Drain clams, reserving 1/2 of the liquid.
Combine clams, reserved clam liquid, garlic, cream cheese, lemon juice, Worcester-shire sauce and seasonings; mix until well blended.
Chill 2 hours before serving to blend flavors. Serve with potato chips, crackers or raw vegetables. Makes about 1 quart.
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"One of Kraft's most popular recipes; this appeared on a commercial in the early 1950s."
Steven,
ReplyDeleteThat's not the way I make the famous Karoly clam dip! Mom gave me this recipe:
8 oz cream cheese
1 can clams
garlic powder
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce
Cream softened cream cheese with a mixer, then add clam juice from can. Add some garlic powder (maybe 1/2 t.), Worcestershire sauce and a bit of Tabasco sauce. Stir in clams with a spoon.
I use 12 oz cream cheese to stretch it a bit. It gets eaten :)
Thanks, Lib: As often happens with my approach to family recipes, I take my memory of the recipe and set out to recreate it without comsulting mom.
ReplyDeleteSome of her recipes have been commited to memory because I typed he recipes on 3x5 cards in 1971 when stationed at Lemoore.