Recipe - Steamed Clams Stuffed With Pork

24 Clams
One half pound Lean pork
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 Scallion stalk
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar

1. Wash clams, in their shells, under cold running water to remove sand.
Scrub with a brush if necessary. Place clams on a shallow heatproof
platter. Steam until clam shells open (5 to 10 minutes). See "Howto
Section". Shell clams, reserving the shells.

2. Mince pork together with ginger root, scallion and clam meat. Blend in
soy sauce, sherry, salt and sugar.

3. Stuff mixture into halfshells. Arrange, stuffingside up, on a
heatproof platter.

4. Steam until pork is cooked through (about 15 minutes). See "Howto
Section".

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.