Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 15 min

　　

Ingredients

Serves 4

　　1/4 lb snow peas, trimmed

　　4 cups dashi

　　28 cockles or 20 littleneck clams measuring 1 1/2 inches across

　　1 tablespoon sake

　　1 teaspoon soy sauce

　　

Step 1

Blanch snow peas in a saucepan of boiling salted water 30 seconds. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to stop cooking. Cut diagonally in half.

　　

Step 2

Bring dashi to a boil with cockles in a large saucepan; simmer until cockles are opened (discard any unopened cockles after 5 minutes; if using clams, discard after 7 minutes). Stir in sake and soy sauce and scatter with snow peas.