María Morales, chef: “To remove all the sand from the clams, I cover them with sparkling water and a little coarse salt.”

Chef María Morales has shared a culinary technique for cleaning clams, which involves soaking the mollusks in a mixture of sparkling water and coarse salt. The method is intended to effectively remove sand from the shellfish, a common challenge encountered in Spanish kitchens.

This technique has gained popularity through social media platforms, where Morales has promoted the process as a reliable way to purge impurities from the clams before cooking.