1/2 c. butter, softened
1/2 oz. diced green pepper
1/2 oz. diced red pepper or pimento
1/2 oz. diced onion
2-3 drops Tabasco sauce
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
3 slices bacon
6 Cherrystone clams

Steam clams for 3 or 4 minutes or until shells open. Take one shell off to leave a clam on a half shell. Set aside. Place butter, green peppers, pimento and onion in a mixing bowl and blend thoroughly by hand until all ingredients are smoothly blended together.

Mix in Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. Slice bacon in half and set aside. Spoon butter mixture on top of the clams and place half a slice of bacon on top. Bake for about 7-8 minutes or until heated through and bacon is crisp at 350 degrees.

Serves 6.

Note: after 8 minutes, if bacon is not crisp, broil for about 1/2 minute to 1 minute.