Sformato di Patate e Vongole

My Fondness for cooking seafood and potatoes together has been disclosed elsewhere in this book Mussels Baked with Potatoes and Fresh Tomatoes, Baked Shrimp With Asparagus. Here is another example.

Clam meat is chopped fine and quickly insaporita—flavor coated—with garlic and parsley sautéed in olive oil and its own boiled-down juices. Potatoes are boiled and mashed through a food mill or ricer. The two are