Best Capellini With White Wine Clam Sauce Recipes

CAPELLINI WITH CLAMS

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil for the pasta.
• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat, then add the garlic and saute until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the clams, white wine, and stock and cover. Allow to boil until the clams open, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, boil the capellini in the water until al dente. When all the clams have opened, discard the unopened ones. Stir the capellini and three tablespoons of parsley into the pan juices. Season with salt and pepper. Serve on a platter with the clams and sprinkle with remaining parsley.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, stirring, until golden, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, and oregano and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in wine and clam juice and boil, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly reduced, about 3 minutes.
• Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot ofboiling salted water until al dente, then drain in a colander.
• While pasta is cooking, stir cockles into sauce and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until cockles open wide, 4 to 6 minutes. (Discard any cockles that have not opened after 6 minutes.) Remove from heat and stir in butter until melted.
• Add pasta to cockles along with parsley and salt to taste, then toss with sauce until combined well.

TUSCAN STYLE CAPELLINI WITH CLAMS AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Scrub clams under cold running water, discard any that do not close when tapped.
• In large heavy saucepan, cook garlic and oil over medium high heat for 1 minute, add wine and clams.
• Cover and cook until clams open (time will vary from 2 to 10 minutes depending on size of clams, discard any that do not open).
• Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling water, cook capellini until al dente, tender but firm; drain.
• Pour clam mixture over hot pasta and toss with parsley.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

PASTA WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Put up 6 quarts of water to boil in a large pot.
• Open the chowder clams, making sure to catch all the clam juice. Mince the clams and reserve them. Measure the juice; it should come to about 2 cups. If it doesn't, make up the difference with bottled clam juice. Then add 1/2 cup water, making 2 1/2 cups liquid in all.
• Pour the olive oil into a wide heavy pot over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and saute for 4 to 5 minutes or until the garlic just starts to turn gold. Add a little clam juice to loosen the garlic then add the rest of the 2 1/2 cups. Raise heat.
• Salt the boiling water lightly and add the capellini, stirring well. Cook until just al dente, about 7 to 8 minutes.
• Simmer the clam juice in its pot for two minutes. Raise heat and add the Manilla clams. Cover. Within two minutes or so, their shells should swing open; remove the Manilla clams from the pot and place them in a bowl. Turn heat to low under clam juice in pot and add the reserved, raw, minced clams. Cook very gently for 1/2 minute.
• The pasta should be done at this point. Spill the pasta into a colander and place the cooking pot over a low flame. Return the pasta to the cooking pot. Add 2/3 of the clam juice, plus the liquid that has collected in the bowl of Manilla clams. Add 3 tablespoons of the minced parsley. Stir to blend, about one minute. Divide pasta among 5 to 6 individual pasta bowls and top with the remaining clam juice, the remaining parsley, and the Manilla clams. Serve immediately.

OLD-FASHIONED LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a 5 qt pot, heat water to a boil and cook pasta until al dente.
• While the pasta is cooking, melt butter and olive oil in pan.
• Sautee onion and garlic, and add crushed red pepper flakes.
• Add lemon juice, oregano, basil, and Old Bay seasoning, stir for one minute Add clams with juice.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Drain pasta and place in large bowl.
• Cover pasta with clam sauce, stir well and top with parsley and parmesan cheese.
• Serve with warm crusty bread and chilled white wine.