Spaghetti Alle Vongole

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon	5ml	Finely-chopped garlic
48		Baby clams in their shells - soaked, and
		Scrubbed under running water
		Salt - to taste
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry white wine
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Dried spaghetti
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter
1 tablespoon	15ml	Finely-chopped flat leaf parsley

Recipe Instructions

Put the olive oil and garlic in a large skillet (large enough to hold the clams and the pasta later) over a medium-high heat and cook until the garlic begins to sizzle. Add the clams in their shells. Add the wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until the alcohol evaporates; about 1 minute. Once the wine has evaporated, cover the skillet to steam the clams open. While the clams are steaming, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a large saucepan or pot.

Check the clams frequently, and when they have all opened, remove the skillet from the heat. Add 1 tablespoon of salt to the boiling water. Drop in the pasta and stir until the strands are submerged. When the pasta is molto al dente (about 1 minute away from being al dente), drain well.

Immediately, return the skillet with the clams to a medium heat and add the drained pasta so that it finishes cooking in the skillet. Cook until the pasta is al dente and most of the liquid in the skillet has evaporated. Stir in the butter and the parsley and serve at once.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Giuliana Hazan, The Classic Pasta Cookbook - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-9126 broadcast 05-11-1998) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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