Oven-Roasted Clams With Chanterelles, Bacon, And Tomatoes

• 1/2 cup diced bacon (about 3 slices; 3 oz. total)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 6 ounces fresh chanterelle or common mushrooms, rinsed, tough stem ends trimmed, and cut into 3/4-inch chunks (see notes)
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine
• 3 tablespoons dry white wine
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, rinsed, stemmed, and cut in half, or 3 firm-ripe Roma tomatoes (about 10 oz. total), rinsed, cored, seeded, and diced
• 1/2 cup pitted calamata or oil-cured black olives (see notes)
• 4 sprigs (about 4 in. long) fresh thyme, rinsed
• 2 pounds clams in shells, suitable for steaming, well scrubbed under cool running water
• 1 lemon (about 4 oz.), rinsed and cut lengthwise into 6 wedges

1. In a 10- to 12-inch ovenproof frying pan (with at least 2 1/2-in. sides) over medium-high heat, stir bacon often until browned and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Add olive oil, mushrooms, and garlic and stir often until mushrooms are slightly limp, 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Add butter, wine, tomatoes, olives, and thyme sprigs; stir often over high heat until butter is melted and liquid is boiling. Add clams and squeeze 2 lemon wedges over clams, discarding seeds and peels. Cover pan.
3. Transfer pan to a 500u0b0 regular or convection oven and bake until clams pop open, 12 to 15 minutes.
4. Ladle clam mixture and juices equally into four wide, shallow bowls; discard any clams that didn't open. Garnish each serving with a lemon wedge.

bacon, olive oil, chanterelle, garlic, butter, white wine, cherry tomatoes, black olives, thyme, steaming, lemon

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/oven-roasted-clams-with-chanterelles-bacon-tomatoes (may not work)