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Minced Clams Au Gratin

Open forty-eight medium, fresh clams and place in a saucepan with their own liquor and one pint water, then boil five minutes. Drain on a sieve and finely slice them. Mix in a small saucepan one ounce butter with two ounces flour and heat half a minute, then pour in two gills hot milk, sharply mix with a whisk until it comes to a boil and boil five minutes. Add the clams, with two saltspoons salt, one saltspoon cayenne and one saltspoon grated nutmeg. Mix well and let cook five minutes. Pour the clams in a baking dish, sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese over, divide half an ounce of butter in little bits on top, set in the oven ten minutes. Remove, and serve.