Name: Spaghetti (Pasta) with Clams
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Clams: 1 Kg; Garlic: 1 clove of; Parsley: 1 bunch of; Extra Virgin Olive Oil: to taste; Black Pepper: to taste; Salt: to taste; Coarse Salt: to taste

Features:

Cuisine:

Italian

220
Serves 4
Easy

Ingredients

1 Kg Clams
1 clove of Garlic
1 bunch of Parsley
to taste Extra Virgin Olive Oil
to taste Black Pepper
to taste Salt
For Clam
to taste Coarse Salt

Directions

Straight from Campania tradition, spaghetti with clams are definitely one of the most important dishes of Italian cuisine and the most popular among the first fish dishes. A simple recipe that gives great flavor to spaghetti. And besides being one of the dish of Sunday is the real icon of Christmas or New Year’s Eve.

Steps

1 Done 180	To prepare spaghetti with clams, start by cleaning them. First make sure that there are no broken or empty shells, they will be discarded. Then beat them on the sink, or possibly on a cutting board. This operation is important to verify that there is no sand inside: the healthy bivalves will remain closed, while those full of sand will open. Then place the clams in a colander resting on a bowl and rinse them. Place the colander in a bowl and add plenty of coarse salt, you will have to recreate a sort of sea water. Leave the clams to soak for 2-3 hours. After this time the clams will purge any residual sand.
2 Done	In a pan heat a little oil. Then add a clove of garlic and, while is this browning, drain the clams well, rinse them and dip them in the hot pan. Close with the lid and cook for a few minutes over high heat. The clams will open with heat, then shake the pan from time to time until they are completely opened. As soon as they are all open, immediately turn off the flame, otherwise the clams will cook too much.
3 Done	Collect the juice by draining the bivalves and do not forget to discard the garlic.
4 Done	Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water and drain halfway through cooking.
5 Done	Then pour the juice into a pan, add the spaghetti and continue cooking using a little cooking water. In this way, you will cook the pasta like a risotto.
6 Done	When cooked, add the clams and chopped parsley. A last flame and spaghetti with clams are ready: serve immediately!