Put the spaghetti into a large pan of salted boiling water and cook for a couple of minutes under the recommended time, until nearly done.
Drain, add butter, then toss into the clam sauce.
When serving, shower each plate with a bit of parsley, Parmesan cheese, and freshly ground black pepper.
Ingredients of Spaghetti alle Vongole in Bianco - One Pan Cooking
- You need 300 grams of Clams (with shells and sand removed).
- You need 1 tbsp of Olive oil.
- Prepare 1 clove of Garlic.
- It's 1 of to 2 Red chilli.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Sake or white wine.
- It's 200 grams of Pasta.
- It's 700 ml of Water.
- You need 1 of cube or 1 tablespoon Consommé powder.
- It's 1 of Butter.
- It's 1 of Black pepper.
- Prepare 1 of Dried Basil.
Spaghetti alle Vongole in Bianco - One Pan Cooking step by step
- After removing the sand, wash the clams, rubbing the surface well to clean..
- Smash the garlic clove with the back of a knife. Heat olive oil and add garlic (and red chili if you like)..
- After the pan is aromatic, add the clams and sake. Cover with a lid and steam the clams. After the clams open up, cook for 1-2 minutes. Turn off heat..
- Transfer the clams to a plate (leave the cooking liquid in the pan). Add water to the pan and bring to a boil to cook the pasta..
- (If you don't like the scum, skim it off) *If you cover the pan to boil the water, make sure that the water doesn't boil over..
- After it comes to a boil, add the consomme and pasta broken in half. Cook over medium heat for one minute and stir with chopsticks to prevent the pasta from sticking..
- Turn off heat and cover with a lid. Let stand for one minute less than the time noted on the pasta package..
- Take off the lid and loosen the pasta. Reheat to evaporate the remaining liquid (2 to 3 minutes). If you leave more liquid, you will have soupy pasta..
- Add the reserved clams and mix well. Transfer to a plate and add butter, sprinkle with black pepper and dried basil. Serve..
Authentic Italian recipe for Spaghetti alle Vongole (spaghetti and clams) shared by my Italian friend. Now, thanks to this recipe, I was thrilled that not only can I cook this at home at a fraction of the cost (with extra servings of clams), but the cooking method is also quite easy with just a few. Spaghetti alle Vongole (spaghetti with clams), is a sublimely simple pasta made with clams, garlic, olive oil, peppers and a bit of parsley. No cream, no tomato sauce, and most certainly no cheese. Some like to add tomatoes, but personally I love the simplicity of the briny clams interacting.
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