This weeks special all started by wanting to do a crab cake with some of the usual tartar sauce or remoulade components but who would have known that it is hard for Central Market to keep fresh crab meat on hand during the holiday season. So we scratched that idea but I looked over and saw some awesome looking fresh clams that just called out to be bought. I already had some orange and yellow peppers in the cart and a head of celery root so rather than return these items and start with a fresh idea we decided to roll with what we had. We whipped up a basic fritter batter to which we folded in the fresh chopped clams, green onion, parsley, cayenne, and garlic. This gets fried to golden brown deliciousness and put on chip of celery root we pickled with a little rice wine vinegar. We then topped the molten clam fritters with a charred sweet pepper dressing, and garnished with a few fried capers for good measure. Next up New Years. We have lobster in mind for now.
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