Spaghetti With Cherrystone Clam Sauce Spaghetti Mare Destate Recipes

SPAGHETTI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, brown garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Stir in butter or margarine and seasonings until butter or margarine is melted. Add clams with some of their liquid; heat through.
• Drain pasta. Toss spaghetti with clam sauce, and top with grated Romano cheese.

SPAGHETTI WITH CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Start water to boil for pasta.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium high heat in a small or medium saucepan.
• Add garlic and saute until softened, a few minutes. Add mushrooms (if using), clams, and juice from one of the cans of clams. Turn heat to high.
• Add red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, oregano, wine, and lemon juice. Let simmer on high until at least three fourths of liquid has evaporated, about 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is al dente.
• Drain pasta. Add pasta back to empty pot (off heat) and coat with 1/2 tablespoon of oil.
• Take sauce off heat. Add black pepper to taste, and parsley.
• Immediately add half of the sauce to the pasta and toss.
• Plate pasta, top with other half of sauce, and serve.

SPAGHETTI WITH CLAMS

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring to a boil 6 quarts of salted water. Add pasta, stirring constantly in the beginning to prevent it from sticking together. Cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large saute pan. When almost smoking, add shallots and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add the clams and wine. Cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes or until most clams have opened.
• Add 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Whisk in butter to thicken sauce slightly.
• Drain pasta in a colander. Do not rinse pasta with water - this will remove the pasta's natural starches. Place pasta into the clam saute pan and mix thoroughly. Check seasoning.
• Pour pasta into large serving bowl. Zest lemon over the dish, being carefull not to zest the white part of the lemon, which is bitter. Garnish with remaining parsley. Serve immediately.

SPAGHETTI WITH CANNED CLAMS

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the breadcrumbs, granulated garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper. Toast the breadcrumbs, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside.
• Fill a large pot with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and season generously with salt. Add the spaghetti and cook to al dente, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large saute pan or skillet, add the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil along with the garlic and red pepper flakes. Turn the heat on low and let cook until fragrant, for a few minutes. Stir in the wine and cook another 1 to 2 minutes. Add the clams, then turn up the heat to medium and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper. Use tongs to take the pasta out of the water directly into the pan (this works best when the pasta is a couple minutes away from being done; you want it really al dente so it finishes cooking in the sauce). Use tongs to toss. If dry, add a little pasta water. Add the parsley. Toss until coated in the sauce and the pasta is tender. Serve with the toasted breadcrumbs sprinkled on top.

SPAGHETTI WITH CHERRYSTONE CLAM SAUCE - SPAGHETTI MARE D'ESTATE

Steps:

• In a pan large enough to contain the clams saute in 2 tablespoons of the olive oil 1 garlic clove until golden. Add the clams and white wine, raise the heat, cover the pan, and cook about 3 minutes or until the clam shells are open, stirring a couple of times. Remove the pan from the heat, and let cool. Mince together the onion, basil, and remaining garlic clove,red pepper flakes and place in the remaining olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Saute until barely golden and limp. Add the canned tomatoes or if using fresh tomatoes wash, and pass them through food mill directly into the saute pan. Add salt to taste (recipe 1 tsp.) and a generous sprinkling of pepper. stir, bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the clams from their shells, directly over the pan they were cooked in, to conserve all the natural juices. Set aside the clams, and strain the juices with the first garlic clove into a cup. Add 1/2 cup of the clalm juice to the tomato sauce. Add the clams, and cook another 5 minutes. Cook the spaghetti in boiling water salted with 4 teapsoons salt (recipe 5 tsp). When the pasta is al dente, drain thoroughly and place in a serving sish. Dress with the sauce, and sprinkle with the minced parsley. Toss and serve.

MARK'S SPAGHETTI WITH BROOKLYN CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large covered pot, heat a gallon of water to a boil. When water boils, add 1 tablespoon salt and pasta, stir well, and cover until boiling. Uncover, and boil until just tender to the bite all the way through.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: In a skillet (with a lid) large enough to hold the pasta later on, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add garlic, and slowly cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add clams with their juice, wine, tomatoes, red-pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste, keeping in mind that the clams are quite salty. Stir, reduce the heat, and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Reserving 1/2 cup cooking water, drain pasta in a colander. Add the drained pasta, parsley, butter, and salt and pepper to taste to the sauce, and mix well, adding a few tablespoons of pasta cooking water if needed to coat the pasta evenly. Cover, and cook 1 minute. Serve immediately.

WHITE CLAM SAUCE SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a skillet.
• Remove 2 Tbsp for use later.
• In remaining butter and oil, sauté onions until tender-crisp. Add parsely, oregano, basil, garlic, half and half, and about ¼-1/2 cup clam juice depending on desired thickness. Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 5 minutes. If sauce is too thin, add 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 1 tsp water. Simmer until sauce is thickened slightly. Add clams and tomatoes. Keep sauce hot.
• Meanwhile, cook spaghetti to package directions. Drain. Return spaghetti to kettle in which it was cooked.
• Add reserved 2 tbsp butter and oil.
• Sprinkle with about ¼ cup parmesan cheese and toss to coat evenly.
• Blend in half the sauce, pass remaining sauce separately when serving.