Stuffed Quahogs

Ingredients:

6 Quahogs
½ Pound Linguica
1 Small Onion
1Green Pepper
¼ Cup Beer
2 pieces of lightly toasted bread
Salt and Pepper

Preparation:
Shuck the Quahogs, being sure to keep the juice and shells.
boil shells in pan and run under cool water, removing and keeping remaining bits of meat.
Chop up clam meat and set aside.
Dice linguicia and set aside.
dice onions, green peppers, hot peppers (optional), and saute in pan with olive oil or butter. Add linguicia and continue to saute.
Add beer to pan and continue to cook.
add chopped meat and continue to simmer.
chop up the toast and add to mixture. mix well. The stuffing should be moist but not soupy. Add more liquid or bread crumbs as necessary.
stuff mixture into shell halves as a mound, then cover with other shell half.
Bake in overn at 400 degree for 10-15 minutes.