How to cook “pignons” from the sea
Pignons (small local clams) are a real treasure that can be found on the huge beaches in Pays de Saint Jean de Monts.
You need to be equipped with a basket and a scraper with 3 prongs to try out this shell-fishing on foot.
It is the perfect combination of leisure and food.
Cleaning / preparation
Soak the pignons for several hours (overnight or throughout the day) in a bowl with salted water (sea water or water with large salt crystals) so that they can disgorge all the sand and grit.
Cooking method:
- Rince the pignons in clean water.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the pignons, cover and stir regularly.
- When they are open, add finely chopped garlic, parsley and cream and continue to stir for around a minute (the time for the cream to heat up and the pignons to absorb the garlic and parsley).
- It is also possible to try them raw with bread and butter or just in butter.
