Basic Pasta alle Vongole Add the clams, clam juice and wine. How to Make Spaghetti alle Vongole? The main ingredient for a traditional spaghetti alle vongole is "vongola verace" commonly known as the cross-cut carpet shell clam.

Ingredients of Basic Pasta alle Vongole

  1. You need 1 large of or 2 regular packs Asari or Manila clams in their shells, de-sanded and washed.
  2. Prepare 5 of to 6 Tomato (cherry or small regular).
  3. Prepare 3 tbsp of ☆Extra virgin or pure olive oil.
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp of ☆Finely chopped garlic.
  5. It's 1 of ☆Small red chili pepper (de-seeded).
  6. It's 100 ml of White wine.
  7. It's 100 ml of Water.
  8. Prepare 300 grams of Linguine (pasta).
  9. It's of To finish:.
  10. You need 1 dash of Pepper.
  11. It's 1 tsp of Extra virgin olive oil.

Basic Pasta alle Vongole step by step

  1. Add the ☆ ingredients to a pan and heat. The black thin ingredient on the left of the photo are sundried tomatoes marinated in oil. It's not a basic ingredient, but it add richness to the flavor..
  2. When the pan is fragrant, add clams → white wine → water → tomatoes in that order. Cut the tomatoes in half beforehand, and crush them as you add them to the pan. Cover with a lid and simmer over high heat..
  3. Don't remove the lid until the clams all open up. When they are all open, you won't hear noise from the pan. Turn off the heat and wait for the pasta to finish cooking..
  4. Add the perfectly-timed pasta to the pan and toss with the other ingredients. Linguine soaks in the flavors well and it doesn't get too soggy..
  5. Turn off the heat, drizzle extra virgin olive oil and pepper, toss again, and it's done! I had a bit too much of everything this time, so I transferred it to a larger pot halfway through..

However, there is a heated debate considering secondary ingredients, primarily the tomatoes. Cook spaghetti according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan, add the garlic and chilli, then fry gently for a few seconds. Stir in the tomatoes, then add the clams and a splash of wine, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. By now your pasta should be just about perfect.

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