Fresh Clam Sauce
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Recipe type: Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 6
 
Clam sauce using fresh clams is much better than canned!
Ingredients
  • 3 lbs clams
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 or 2 cloves of garlic
  • ΒΌ cup of chopped parsley
  • chili flakes
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil or butter
Instructions
  1. Soak clams in cold water with a couple of tablespoons of cornmeal or flour for about an hour or more. This will purge them of sand Remove and rinse well.
  2. Sweat garlic, half of parsley in pan with olive oil over gentle heat for 1 minute or 2. Add clams and coat in oil and cook for a minute or so. Add wine and cook for a minute. Cover and steam clams until they are opened. Add pasta and toss. Finish off heat with good extra virgin olive oil and fresh parsley and perhaps a squeeze of lemon.
Recipe by A Day in the Bite at https://www.adayinthebite.com/clam-sauce/