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Baked clams Roberto 16 Cherrystone clams. 1 Tablespoon minced garlic 1 Teaspoon minced shallots 1 Tablespoon Temon juice 4 Tablespoons fresh chopped Basil 2 cups heavy Cream 1 cup grated Grovier or Swiss or gruyere Type cheese 4 Tablespoons clarified Butler it Pound Backlin crab Neal Salt and Pepper to taste saute garlic and shallots in clarified Butler for two minutes Over medium heat. Add Lemon juice and Iresh Basil simmer one minute. Stir in heavy Cream Anci simmer until thick. Acid Oatmeal and cheeses in Unhul blended remove sauce from heal and add Salt and Pepper to taste. Shuck clams and Leavo on the half Shell. To sure to detach Tho muscle and rinse clams to remove any Gril preheat oven to Floo degrees. Top each Clam Wilh one Tablespoon 6 sauce More if desired and arrange on a baking Sheet or pan bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Pasta Al the of Viaggi 3 Tablespoons Salt 1 Pound Large pasta such As Rigatoni or Zill 3v3 Tablespoons Sweet Butler softened it cup shredded Mozzarella a cup shredded Fontina Vij cup shredded provolone 1 cup heavy Cream it cup grated Pecorino Romanov Teaspoon ground Nutmeg preheat oven to 375 degrees boil 5 to 0 Quad is of Walcer. Add Salt and pasta. Cook until Al Dan la. About 9 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold  a Large Bozul. Mix the butter and the pasta until Well coated. Add the first Throo cheeses and Tho Cream. Toss Well. Add half Tho Pecorino Romano while tossing place in a buttered casserole and Sprinkle the remaining Pecorino Romano on lop. Sprinkle the Nutmeg Over everything and bake Lor 15 to 20 minutes until the lop is Golden blown. Serves 4. Gorgonzola mousse it Pound butter at room temperature 1 Pound Gorgonzola cheese at room temperature3 table spoons red wine 1 Tablespoon chopped Hal Leaf Parsley i Teaspoon hot Pepper flakes 1 Tablespoon vegetable Oil place the Bullet in n mixer bowl or food processor and beat until Well blended and Light. Add the wine Parsley and Pepper Hakes and blend Well. Oil a 5-cup Mold and pour in the mixture. Smooth the lop with a Spatula and bang on a last top a few limes to remove air bubbles. Chill unlit set. In Hotd and serve Wilh toasted bread. This mixture also can be placed in a Crock and served immediately. Serves 12 to 16. Eggplant Parmigiana 2 Large eggplants Salt. 1 cup Olive Oil 1 to 1 i pounds tomatoes 4 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh Basil freshly ground Black Pepper 12 ounces Tontina cheese sliced 8 ounces Gorgonzola Peel the egg Plonys and slice them Lengthwise into i Inch pieces. Sail them generously and be them land in a colander in the sink for an hour Shin blot Ihm dry. Heal the Olive Oil in a heavy Skillet. When in is almost smoking Fry the Sqq plan slices a Twal a time. Unhul. Nicely browned Drain on paper towels. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Peel seed and chop Iho tomatoes sir in the Basil and several. Grinding of Pepper. Crumble the Gorgonzola lightly Oil a shallow baking dish. Fill the dish with layers of eggplant slices a Small amount of Tomalo mixture slices of Donlina and crumbles of Gorgonzola Reserve a generous amount of the two cheeses for the Topmost layer. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the cheeses Are Nicoly Runny and bubbling. Remove from oven and Lei sit at least 15 minutes before serving. Serves 4 to 6 rounds of Pam Tan cheese in storage in Parma Italy making Mozzarella outside Naples. 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 15