Dinner · 30 min · Amounts not specified
Pork and clams
Portuguese cataplana logic in a pan. Paprika on the pork, clams in at the end, wine. Cilantro at the table.
The sheet · 4 bowls · 30 min
easyWhy tonight. Portuguese cataplana logic in a pan. Paprika on the pork, clams in at the end, wine. Cilantro at the table.
What it needs
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- pork
- clams
- garlic
- white wine
- paprika
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: cilantro.
Method
- Brown the pork hard and braise it until nearly tender before the clams are anywhere near the pot.
- Clams take three minutes and pork takes an hour, which is the whole logistical problem of the dish.
- Wine and paprika with the pork, then clams added at the very end with the lid clamped on.
- Take them out as they open. Cilantro and lemon at the end, and bread for the broth.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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Published minimums for what is in this
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- Produce prepHow To Mince GarlicAmerica's Test KitchenSmashing and mincing a clove down to something that cooks evenly instead of burning in pieces.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Salt and seasoning3 Salting Methods for Better-Tasting Meats | Techniquely With Lan LamAmerica's Test KitchenThree salting timings on the same cut, and what the wait actually does to the texture.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepThe Best Way to Mince Garlic | Serious Eats At HomeSerious EatsCompares the knife methods for garlic, including when to take it all the way to paste.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- pork
- The forgiving meat. Shoulder takes hours and rewards them, chops take minutes and punish you for one too many, and the fat is the flavor in both cases.
- clams
- They cook in the time it takes them to open, and any that refuse should be thrown out.
- garlic
- Burns in seconds and turns the whole dish bitter, so it almost never goes in first.
- white wine
- Acid and a little sweetness for deglazing, and it should be something you would drink.
- paprika
- Color and a mild sweet pepper flavor, and it scorches into bitterness almost instantly.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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