Easy Summer Clambake

Ingredients

• Lemon wedges
• Chopped fresh parsley
• 6 ears of corn, husked
• 6 small onions, peeled
• 12 small (about 2-inch-diameter) red-skinned potatoes, scrubbed
• 3 1 ½-pound live lobsters
• ¼ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• + 10 more ingredients
• • 2 small dried bay leaves
  • 6 fresh thyme sprigs
  • 6 large fresh parsley sprigs
  • 2 celery stalks, cut crosswise in half
  • ¼ cup yellow cornmeal
  • 6 dozen littleneck clams, scrubbed
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature

1. Make herb and garlic butter: Blend all ingredients in bowl. Season butter with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) 2. Make vegetables, sausages, and seafood: Place clams and cornmeal (to help purge clams of sand) in very large bowl or pot; fill with enoug...

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