CLEVELAND —

Bar Cento opens in Ohio City in early October.

The address is:1948 W. 25th St.
Ohio City, Cleveland
It is adjacent to BierMarket.

Shellfish Cassoulet With Butter Beans

Serves four entrees

• 2 dznwhole fresh water prawns
• 1 dznrazor clams
• 1 dznlittleneck clams
• 3 cup tomato cassoulet base (recipe follows)
• 1/4 cupdry white wine (viogner)
• 1 cupbread crumbs(fresh, 1/4 cubed, toasted)
• 1 Tbspthyme (fresh, picked)
• 1 Tbspgood quality finishing Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• tt Salt & Pepper

Clean all clams. If razor or littleneck clams are not fresh or available then purchase whatever shellfish is the freshest. (mussels, cockles, crayfish, rock shrimp, etc.)In a large pot, bring 2 salted gallons of water to a low simmer. Now blanch the prawns for two minutes and allow them cool in the refrigerator. Now remove the meat from the shells. In a large saute pan, add all the clams to the 1/4 cup of white wine. Steam the clams over high heat until they all open (approximately 10 minutes) discard any that do not. Add the Cassoulet base to the saute’ pan and reduce heat to low. Stir in the lobster meat, being careful not to break or disrupt any of the seafood. Taste the cassoulet now to check the seasoning Top with 1/2 tbsp fresh thyme and all the bread crumbs and broil until golden brown.Finish with the EVO.Shellfish Cassoulet BaseServes 4 entrees

• 2 oz.ohio butter (hartzler, amish ect…)
• 2white ohio onions (1′ diced)
• 2leeks (1′ diced)
• 1head of fennel (1′ diced)
• 1head of celery (1′ diced)
• 1cuttlefish (1′ diced)
• 12 oz.high quality whole peeled canned tomato’s (san marzano)
• 1 cupdry white wine (viogner)
• 1 cupbutter beans (soaked, cooked, stored in EVO, or high quality store bought)
• 1 buthyme (tied with twine)
• ttSalt & Pepper

In a heavy bottomed sauce pot heat 2 oz. of butter over medium low heat. Add all the vegetables, season with salt and pepper, cover and sweat over low heat for at leat 10 minutes. Add the cuttlefish, white wine, and thyme cook it uncovered until half the wine is reduced. Add the butter beans and tomato and simmer uncovered for about one hour.

-Chef Jonathon Sawyer