We prepared spaghetti with clams, but also pizza, passatelli, paccheri and an unmissable omelette. How hungry!
Clams are one of our favorite ingredients to prepare mouth-watering spaghetti. Few ingredients, always the same gestures and an impeccable result that never tires. But if they are so good with spaghetti, why not try the clams in other creative recipes and tasty?
Clams: how to get rid of sand
Before thinking about cooking our beautiful clams, we must remove any sandy residue. To do this, leave them to soak in cold salted water and store them in the fridge for about two / three hours. Then let's drop them in the sink, rinse them again with running cold water and we eliminate all the clams that have a broken shell.
Spaghetti with clams, the classic recipe
Ingredients for 6 people:
spaghetti alla chitarra g 500, ripe tomatoes g 600, clams g 400, onion g 200, dry white wine g 80, basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper
How to make spaghetti with clams
Wash the clams in more water to remove any sandy residue then let them open in a pan with two spoonfuls of hot oil, flavored with a clove of garlic. Shell them and carefully filter the cooking liquid. Finely chop the onion with 2 cloves of garlic and let them dry in 5 spoonfuls of oil. Then add the clams with all their liquid: simmer for 3 'then pepper thoroughly and sprinkle the preparation with the wine. After it has evaporated, add the tomatoes passed to the vegetable mill with the fine disk, 8 basil leaves and a pinch of sugar in the bowl. Stir, season with salt and simmer, half-covered, for about an hour, stirring the sauce occasionally so that it does not stick. Boil the spaghetti, drain them al dente and season with the sauce, a drizzle of raw extra virgin olive oil, a spoonful of chopped parsley and a generous amount of pepper. Mix the pasta well to flavor it, then serve immediately, hot.
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