🇮🇹 Italian

Clams Zuppa

Name: Clams Zuppa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; small handful Fresh Basil; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 1/2 tsp Dried Oregano; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 800 g, cleaned Clams; 80 g Pasta Shells

🇮🇹 Italian

Gentle simmered clams in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the italian answer to "something light tonight". Ready in 27 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 17 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Fresh Basilsmall handful
Olive Oil1 tbsp
Dried Oregano1/2 tsp
Stock or Broth1 litre
Clams800 g, cleaned
Pasta Shells80 g

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Olive Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and dried oregano and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the clams.
4
Simmer gently until the clams is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh basil and a grind of black pepper.

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: New York Italian-Style Clam Soup (Clam Zuppa) with Chef G.S. Argenti · on YouTube