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Clams Pasta
🇮🇹 Italian

Clams Pasta

🇮🇹 Italian

Proper Italian pasta technique: salted boiling water, the Clams finished in the sauce pan, and a hard toss with starchy pasta water until everything turns glossy and clings. Cheese at the table.

Prep 12 min Cook 2 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic3 cloves, minced
  • Tomato Sauce2 tbsp
  • Olive Oil2 tbsp
  • Parmesan Cheese60 g, grated
  • Spaghetti320 g
  • Spring Onions3, sliced
  • Noodles250 g
  • Clams800 g, cleaned

Optional extras

  • Fresh Basilhandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a rolling boil and cook the Clams a minute shy of the packet time — it finishes in the sauce.

  2. 2

    While the Clams cooks, warm the olive oil in a wide pan and soften Noodles over gentle heat until fragrant and silky.

  3. 3

    Add Garlic and let everything bloom together for a minute — the pan should smell sweet and savoury, never browned.

  4. 4

    Drag the Clams straight from the pot into the pan with a spider or slotted spoon, along with a good splash of starchy pasta water.

  5. 5

    Toss hard over medium-high heat for a minute or two so the sauce emulsifies and clings to every piece — add pasta water if it tightens.

  6. 6

    Kill the heat, finish with a grating of cheese and a twist of black pepper, and serve immediately on warm plates.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the dried oregano in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Geoffrey Zakarian's Linguine with Clams | The Kitchen | Food Network · on YouTube