Spaghetti alle vongole, an Italian classic, is a light yet flavorful pasta infused with garlic, briny clams, white wine, and chili flakes.
This white version (in bianco), made without tomato, is a quick lunch or dinner that's as easy as it is delicious..
Spaghetti alle vongole is Italian for "spaghetti with clams".
Ingredients of Vongole Pasta - quick & easy
- You need 500 g of spaghetti pasta, cooked al dente.
- Prepare 1 can of Baby Clams.
- Prepare 1/4 block of Butter.
- You need 1-2 of medium Onion, chopped.
- Prepare 3-4 cloves of Garlic, chopped.
- It's 1 bunch of Basil, chopped or 1 Tbsp dried Basil.
- It's to taste of Salt & Pepper.
- It's of Cooking oil.
- You need Dash of White wine (optional).
Vongole Pasta - quick & easy step by step
- Saute in a wok with a little cooking oil- garlic, onions until translucent. Add butter..
- Strain liquid of canned baby clams. Set the liquid aside for later. Add clams into the wok. Mix well..
- Add clam liquid. Add salt & white ground pepper according to yr taste. Let it simmer for the flavors to combine and liquid to reduce..
- Add chopped basil leaves, stalks removed. Or use dried basil. Turn off heat once flavors combine or basil has wilted..
- Mix in your pasta into the wok. Adjust flavors accordingly (salt, pepper, basil). Mix well and serve with lemon quarters on the side..
Stir in the tomatoes, then add the clams and a splash of wine, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Quick and easy to prepare, yet packing some serious flavor, spaghetti alle vongole is a traditional Neapolitan dish consisting of only two key ingredients: vongole clams and pasta. However, there is a heated debate considering secondary ingredients, primarily the tomatoes. This spaghetti vongole recipe is a real treat.. Scrub the clams, discarding any that stay open when tapped sharply.
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