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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup pork lard (or substitute butter)
• 2 Tbs. yellow cornmeal
• 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup canned tomato purée
• 3 cups canned crushed tomatoes
• 1 Tbs. hot sauce, preferably Crystal
• 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 bay leaf
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cups spicy mustard greens, stemmed and chopped
• 1 cup small dice of bacon
• 1 cup crumbled corn bread, dried overnight (recipe follows)
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Tbs. chopped chives
• 2 Tbs. chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 3 doz. littleneck clams
• 2 cups Anson Mills yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1½ cups buttermilk (Cruz recommended)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 4 Tbs. bacon fat (Benton’s recommended)
• 2 Tbs. bacon pieces (Benton’s recommended)