Linguine with Clam Sauce
Here is an easy, tried and true recipe from my personal stash. Two things: 1) if you want to try the recipe, go buy fresh parsley – the dried stuff will only add some color but no flavor and 2) don’t even bother making this if you aren’t going to bother with good cheese on top – seriously it will be a little blah without the cheese. If you don’t have one of these already:
go and buy one. Then buy yourself a little block of Asiago cheese. You’ll never use that Kraft stuff again.
Linguine with Clam Sauce
1 T Olive Oil
1 bunch green onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 C finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes
1 dash ground cayenne pepper
1/2 C dry white wine
1 C water (I use a cup of the water the pasta boils in because it helps thicken this a little – it is a very, very thin “sauce”)
2 10oz cans of whole baby clams or chopped clams
12 oz cooked linguine
Saute onion and garlic in the olive oil for a couple of minutes to mellow the flavor a bit. Add the rest of the ingredients to heat through – simmer a couple of minutes. Toss this with the cooked linguine.
Serve with grated Asiago or other hard italian cheese.
It looks delicious!! Can’t I just come to your house when you make it?
Gail
you are so motivated.
If *I* posted MY MEALS I fear people would gag 🙂
Sound great (or YUMMO as Rach would say, ha ha). Actually we have flat leaf parsley in our herb garden. It is growng out of control!! I had no idea that it would flourish so much outside of a pot.
YUMMY. Cannot wait to try it. Serge will LOVE it.
How do you find the time for these lovely dishes? What a yummy mummy. . .
Thanks for sharing!!! I wonder if you can use something other than clams? They are not my favorite… any suggestions?
That looks yummy!!
I don’t normally do clams, but I will have to make it.
I just bought Rachel Rays 30 minute meals to try to get motivated.
It is so hard now that I am not working to get motivated to make good meals, best of intentions and then Victoria smiles and wants to play 🙂
Yeah – I don’t cook – but wanted to say how much I adore Asiago cheese!!! It’s my new fav!!! (and they have it at Sam’s Club for a really good price)
That looks GREAT!! Can I ask you, where the heck do you get the time to cook??? I have been home a month now and still don’t feel like I have the time eat some junky thing from a box let alone prepare a beautiful meal! I’ve lost 6 lbs already, not complaining in the least, just don’t get where you find the time. Where is Sabrina while you’re doing all this? Isn’t she hanging on your leg or expecting to be carried around the house on your hip??? You also just did a move to another state. How DO you do it? Seriously! HOW!!
Sal – i – vating.
God bless.