Ingredients

• 2 Kg clams
• 6 pcs slices of homemade bread
• 2 pcs garlic cloves
• chopped parsley
• tomato sauce
• dry white wine
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• pepper

For the recipe of clam soup, dip the clams in water and salt and let them soak for 1 hour, then rinse them to remove the sand. Open them in a saucepan with a lid, keeping it on the fire for 2-3 minutes; shell the clams, keeping aside some of the most beautiful shell as a garnish, then filter the cooking water with gauze. Brown 1 clove of garlic in a saucepan with half a glass of oil, until it begins to brown; remove the garlic and add the clams, 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce diluted in the cooking water of the clams, half a glass of white wine, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper and cook for 5 -6 minutes.
Rub the slices of bread with 1 clove of crushed garlic, season with a little oil and bake at 180 ° C for 6-7 minutes. Serve the soup with the slices of toasted bread, completing with a little oil and the shells kept aside.