How to Cook Clams Baja Style

Moderator: Baja California is still the best year-round catch, south of the border. Visit us to every BajaCalifornia.com and check out more ways you must do Baja, Mexico beyond your expectation. Dan: This week in the gallery, we’re right outside Ensenada in the wine country of Baja, Mexico. And where we are right now is in the vineyards of Adobe Guadalupe, it's a beautiful winery and standing right next to me is Carla. Carla: Olah! Dan: Thank you for inviting us today Carla. Carla: Thank you for coming. Dan: And who’s our chef today? Carla: Martha Manriquez, she’s our chef at Adobe Guadalupe. Dan: Good, and what is it that Martha is going to be doing for us. Carla: Today, Martha is cooking Almejas -- Martha: Almejas Al Carbon. Carla: Almejas Al Carbon. Dan: The Clams? Carla: Exactly. Dan: Okay, the big clams. Alright, so how are we going to do this? How do we get started? Carla: Okay, Martha [Foreign Language]. Martha: [Foreign Language] Dan: Clams shells? Carla: We will heat them very well. Okay, after this two minutes, the first thing is butter, okay. Dan: Okay. Carla: And after that she will add -- Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: The clams, well the meat of the clams. Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: That’s the juice of the clam. Dan: Oh, okay. Carla: Remember when you open the clam, the first thing that you use inside. Dan: So, she saves the juice in the clam? Carla: Yes, she saves everything from the clam and now she’s just putting everything together. And now she will add the white wine. In fact, this dish is very good with white wine, any white. People will just prefer their favorite wine. Dan: To joint with it. Carla: Yes. Dan: So, you can use the same wine to cook with and then drink. Carla: Yes. Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: Now is the pepper, to give the flavor. Dan: In all of these ingredients that we’re using today, all come from the area? They’re all pretty native? Carla: Yes, they are local and we have this vegetable garden where we have, well-- Dan: Then they get the parsley and all those stuff there. Carla: Okay, we will leave it there until it starts boiling okay. And meanwhile, she is cooking this, she will a special bread for us, with their olive oil. Dan: Oh, okay. Carla: We make olive oil here. We have a 150 olive trees from where we make this and its [Foreign Language]. It's first pressed, Cold Pressed Extra Virgin and it is delicious. Dan: Extra Virgin. Carla: Okay, Martha? Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: The bread is baguette, remember French? Dan: French bread. Carla: And now, she’s adding our olive oil. Dan: Okay. Carla: Which is called Oliva, and then she will add garlic. Before this, you had a pan that is ready. Dan: Just heating up. Carla: Just heating up. Martha: Y paprika. Carla: Paparika. Just spring a little bit of paparika and now, facing down to the pan, we will just put the bread. Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: It's very simple to make. Dan: Oh, that looks delicious. Carla: Yeah, we just waited until it was boiling and it's [Foreign Language]. Martha: [Foreign Language] Carla: Now she is adding, perejil? Dan: Parsley? Fresh parsley? Carla: Muy bien. Gracias! Dan: Thank you Martha. This looks so good. Carla: Oh, it doesn’t--okay. Dan: That is delicious. Carla: [Foreign Language] Dan: That’s very good. It was a beautiful dish. Just the beauty of the valley here, outside of Ensenada, the whole wine country is gorgeous, but to be here at Adobe Guadalupe, it's just breath taking. Carla: Thank you. Dan: It's just a great place. The food is wonderful, the wine is delicious, if you’ve never been down this part of Baja Mexico, you got to make a trip down here. It's a great family location with the horses, tables, everything. There just so much to do here. Carla: Yes. Dan: Thank you very much, it's a great dish. If you need more information, you can visit the website. You can also go to the website for the Baja Tourism Board, everything is there. Fishing information, the wine country, everything you need to know. Well, let’s get back on the water and show you more exciting action right here on sport fishing.