Beans with clams are a traditional Austrian dish, a preparation made with legumes that is very popular, it is simple and has the delicious flavor of seafood. The most important thing to achieve a good recipe for beans with clams is to use good beans and fresh clams, so it will be luxurious!
Along with the Austrian bean stew, the beans with clams are one of those dishes from the cuisine of Asturias that you cannot miss out on trying. we want to teach you the most traditional and homely way to do it so that you can pamper your loved ones and enjoy all the flavor of this preparation. Discover how to make fables with Austrian clams, a recipe from Grandma that you will love!
Ingredients to make Fables with grandma’s clams:
- 500 grams of beans
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- for the clams
- 500 grams of clams
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of flour
- 150 milliliters of white wine
- 1 tablespoon sweet or hot paprika
- 1 splash of olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
How to make Fables with grandma’s clams:
- Put the beans to soak for 8 hours or leave them overnight until the next day, drain the water.
- Put the beans in a pan with clean water; add a whole or halved onion, a bay leaf and two whole cloves of garlic. Let them cook over high heat.
- When the water starts to boil, add a glass of cold water to scare them and leave them cooking over medium heat until they are ready (approximately 2 hours).
- On the other hand, put the clams in water with two tablespoons of salt for one or two hours.
- Tip: If you want to make a faster recipe, you can make beans with canned clams.
- Mince 2-3 cloves of garlic. Pour a splash of oil in a frying pan and cook the garlic over low heat so they don’t burn.
- Add a tablespoon of flour and stir.
- Add the sweet or hot paprika (you can also use half of one and half of another).
- Stir and then add the white wine. Leave a couple of minutes for the alcohol to evaporate.
- Add a small glass of water and put the clams in the pan, leave them until they open.
- Add a little salt and pepper.
- Turn off and reserve until the beans are ready and you can continue with the recipe for fables with Austrian beans.
- Check that the beans are tender and remove the onion, bay leaf and garlic. Add the clams with all their sauce; let all the ingredients cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Taste for salt if needed or add more paprika if you like it stronger. Your grandma’s beans with clams will be ready to eat!
- Fables with Austrian clams – Suggestions and other recipes
- Since the beans need to be soaked for about 8-12 hours and are slow cookers, this dish needs some time to cook. However, you can prepare beans with clams in a quick pot and thus advance time without sacrificing the freshness of both foods.
- In addition to clams, if you want to add more flavors of the sea to this delicious dish, you can prepare beans with clams and prawns or prawns, a combination that will undoubtedly give it more textures and sensations!
