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Catering is one of our specialties...

Great Steaks! Great Prices!

Visit us at
Carl Anthony Catering
for your Wedding, Graduation, Communion, Confirmation, picnic or event that you have planned! We also do pick-up and delivery trays.
 Call us at 203.268.8486 for more information.

Don't forget Fathers Day!
Treat Dad to a dinner he won't forget!
We will have open seating
Sunday, June 21 from 4:00pm to 9:00pm
203.268.8486 for reservations.
 

                  "Patio Party"
                        June 12th with
    Remember September!
Come for dinner
 and stay for the fun!
 Music starts at 9:00!

Get "In The Groove" on June 26th with...

Groovy!
Great music for all!
Bring your friends for drinks and appetizers!
Music starts at 9:00!

GET READY..
CRUISE NIGHT  is back!  Stay tuned for our opening night date!

What else is happening?.....

Fri. June 5 9:00 Music and Karaoke with DJ Dave
Fri. June 12 9:00 Remember September
Fri. June 19 9:00 Music and Karaoke with DJ Dave
Sun. June 21 4:00-9:00 Father's Day!
Fri. June 26 9:00 Groovy

Check back for schedule changes and additions!

Winner of the
$50 Dining Certificate!

Janna Eastwood
Congratulations!

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We have pictures!!

Chef Sam Recommends...



 
Finca La Linda Tempranillo 2006


Violet Red with blackberry and ripe plum       aromas. Intense, with great body, complex velvety finish. Ripe tannins mixed with vanilla, provided by six months of aging in American oak.

 

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Do You Know......

                                       ...How to clean clams?
Cleaning clams is a quick, easy, and important process to be familiar with. If you do not properly clean clams before cooking with them, you run the risk of eating very salty and sandy clams.

1. When selecting your clams, never select a clam that is chipped, broken, or damaged in any way. Also, never choose a clam that is open. Clams should be tightly closed and stored in a cool area where they can breathe. When you purchase clams, make sure to immediately unwrap them at home so they can breathe, otherwise they might die before you cook them.

2. Just before cooking, soak your clams for 20 minutes in fresh water. As the clams breathe they filter water. When the fresh water is filtered, the clam pushes salt water and sand out of their shells. After 20 minutes, the clams will have cleaned themselves of much of the salt and sand they have collected. Pull the clams up and out of the water. Do not pour the clams and water into a straining device because the expelled sand has sunk to the bottom of the bowl. Pouring the clams and water into a straining device would cause you to pour the sand back over the clams.

3. Once the clams have been soaked, use a firm brush and scrub off any additional sand, barnacles, or other oceanic attachments. This is the same final method used when cleaning mussels.

Now that you've cleaned 'em, why not cook something delicious? Try this recipe:

Connecticut restaurant, Trattoria Carl Anthony, Chef Sam DeVellis, catering, take out, Italian restaurant, Monroe, Connecticut, pizza, fairfield county restaurant,  restaurants, ct, conn, balsalmic calamariGet the grill out!
Chef Sam's Recipe for June :

Grilled clams with pancetta, charred corn, tomato, arugula, garlic and red pepper flakes
Serves 4


Chef Sam is not only self taught, but creates signature dishes with a “new-school” Italian flavor that are
beautifully displayed and memorably delicious! Here's a great dish that you can cook at your house!

 

 
 
Ingredients
2 dozen clams washed
1/4 lb. pancetta, chopped
2 ears grilled corn
6 plum tomatoes diced (medium chunks)
4 cloves garlic , thin sliced
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 bunch  arugula
1 tbs. parsley chopped
1/8 cup white wine
  Procedure:
Preheat grill to 400 degrees. Place cleaned clams and corn on grill. While these are grilling, in a sauté pan on the grill, lightly brown pancetta in oil, then add garlic. Cook for one minute or until lightly browned. Add tomatoes and clams (they will be slightly opened when done) being careful not to spill juice from the clams. Add wine and cook until almost completely evaporated. While this is cooking, remove corn from grill and cut it off the cob. Add kernels to the sauté pan along with arugula, parsley, red pepper flakes and salt to taste. Finish with remaining oil and serve in a bowl with bread or over your favorite pasta.
 
 

Till Next Month.... 

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