Add cayenne pepper and remaining 1 cup onion and 1 teaspoon fresh ginger.

24 cherrystone clams, scrubbed.Two 1-inch-thick slices of white bread, crusts removed and bread cubed.

1/2 cup minced bacon.1/4 cup olive oil.1/3 cup minced onion.

1/3 cup minced red bell pepper.1/3 cup minced celery.

2 tablespoons minced garlic.

1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped.But don't give up.

It's worth the time and effort to see the oil and garlic come together before your eyes.Just make sure you're adding the olive oil slowly, drop by drop.

Keep moving the pestle around the mortar in a circular motion and keep dreaming of the thick, creamy sauce at the end of it all.. Notes from the Food & Wine Test Kitchen.Adding the oil very slowly, in small amounts, is key; an.