Recipe - Baked Clams

12 Cherrystone clams
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine
One fourth cup Finely chopped onion
1 Clove garlic, peeled
and crushed
1 Egg, slightly beaten
One fourth cup Seasoned bread crumbs
1/8 teaspoon Dried oregano leaves
1/3 cup Seasoned dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine, melted

1. Remove clams from half shell and chop coarsely. Set clams and shells
aside. 2. In a mediumsized, heatresistant, nonmetallic mixing bowl place
2 tablespoons butter. Heat in Microwave Oven 30 seconds or until melted. 3.
Add onion and garlic. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 3 energy 3 minutes
or until onion is tender. Add egg, the One fourth cup bread crumbs, chopped clams
and oregano to onion mixture. 4. Spoon mixture into reserved shells. Place
shells on a heat resistant, nonmetallic serving platter. 5. In a small
bowl combine the 1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs and the 2 tablespoons melted
butter. Sprinkle buttered bread crumbs on top of clam mixture. 6. Heat,
uncovered, in Microwave Oven 5 minutes or until heated through.

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