Main Dishes
Linguine with White Clam & Wine Sauce
hasan
40 min total · 25 min hands-on · 4 main-dish servings
Ingredients
- Linguine with White Clam Sauce Ingredients (Recipe Above), with 8 Clams Left Unshucked
- 1/4 Cup Dry White Wine
- 1/2 Cup Loosely Packed Chopped Watercress, Or 2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley
Instructions
- 1.When buying clams, leave 8 clams unshucked.
- 2.Prepare Linguine with White Clam Sauce as above but in step 3, when onion and garlic are tender, add dry white wine, unshucked clams, and clam liquid; over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook 5 to 10 minutes until clam shells open. Remove clams to bowl.
- 3.Then add chopped clams with salt and crushed red pepper to broth in saucepan; heat to boiling. Cook 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in watercress or 2 tablespoons chopped parsley.
- 4.Serve linguine in bowls as above, tucking clams in shell into linguine.
Notes
'Elegant' variation of Linguine with White Clam Sauce. Good Housekeeping, May 1991. Each serving: About 680 calories, 22 g fat, 38 mg cholesterol, 455 mg sodium.