Indulge in the exquisite flavors of the sea with our Spaghetti with Red Clam Sauce, a classic Italian dish that tantalizes the taste buds with its simple yet irresistible ingredients. Fresh clams, succulent and briny, are the stars of this dish, simmered in a vibrant red sauce made from ripe tomatoes, garlic, and aromatic herbs. The result is a delightful symphony of flavors that dance on your palate, leaving you craving more.
Accompanying this main course is a selection of equally enticing recipes that cater to diverse tastes and preferences. For a refreshing start, try the vibrant Green Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette, a medley of crisp greens, tangy citrus dressing, and a sprinkling of nutty Parmesan cheese. If you're craving a hearty side dish, the Mushroom Risotto is a must-try, featuring earthy mushrooms, creamy arborio rice, and a luscious broth that infuses every bite with savory goodness. And for a sweet ending, the classic Tiramisu is a delightful dessert that combines delicate ladyfingers soaked in espresso, a rich mascarpone filling, and a dusting of cocoa powder.
CHEF JOHN'S SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Steps:
- Pour olive oil into cold skillet. Add garlic, capers, anchovy paste, and red pepper flakes. Place over medium heat and cook and stir until the oil is infused with the flavors of the mixture, about 5 minutes, taking care not to brown the garlic. Add tomato sauce and rinse jar with 1/4 cup water; add water to skillet. Pour in wine and juice from clams, reserving the clams. Bring to a simmer until slightly reduced and thickened, 7 to 9 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until almost al dente, or about 1 minute less than directed on package. Drain. Return pasta to the pot off heat.
- Stir clams into the sauce. Pour sauce over pasta. Stir; cover the pot to allow it to finish cooking off heat and to allow the pasta will absorb some of the sauce, about 3 minutes. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Top with chopped fresh basil and/or parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 852 calories, Carbohydrate 116.9 g, Cholesterol 71.5 mg, Fat 16.5 g, Fiber 8.4 g, Protein 44.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 1513.8 mg, Sugar 18.6 g
LINGUINE WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs; drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, anchovies, red pepper flakes, oregano and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is lightly golden, about 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the whole clams; cover and cook until they just begin to open, about 3 minutes. Add the chopped clams and parsley; continue cooking, covered, until the whole clams are fully opened, about 3 more minutes (discard any that do not open). Add the pasta and the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil; toss to combine. Season with salt.
RED CLAM SAUCE
This recipe tastes like an Italian restaurant specialty and cooks while you take care of other things. What a marvelous way to jazz up pasta sauce! -JoAnn Brown, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 3h25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Transfer to a 1-1/2- or 2-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the clams, tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, bay leaf, sugar, basil and thyme., Cover and cook on low until heated through, 3-4 hours. Discard bay leaf. If desired, sprinkle with additional parsley. Serve with linguine. Freeze option: Omit additional parsley. Cool before placing in a freezer container. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months. To use, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Place in a large saucepan; heat through, stirring occasionally. Serve with linguine and, if desired, minced parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 305 calories, Fat 5g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 15mg cholesterol, Sodium 553mg sodium, Carbohydrate 53g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 7g fiber), Protein 15g protein.
SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Provided by Food Network
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Separate and peel garlic cloves. (To facilitate, you can soak the separated cloves in enough warm water to cover for 1/2 hour). Cut the peeled cloves into broad, thin slices.
- Place 12 tablespoons of the olive oil in a very wide saute pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the sliced garlic, reserving about 4 cloves worth of slices for later. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is almost brown (about 5 minutes).
- While the garlic is cooking, place the contents of the 2 cans of tomatoes in a colander and, working over a sink, squeeze the tomatoes in your hands until the tomatoes are a coarse pulp.
- When the garlic is almost brown, add tomatoes to the pan. Add 1/2 cup shredded basil. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, uncovered, then remove from heat and reserve.
- Open the 12 large clams with a clam knife, reserving juice. Chop coarsely and reserve.
- Add the spaghetti to a large pot of salted boiling water. Cook until al dente (about 10 minutes). When pasta is done, drain through colander. Toss the hot linguine in colander with a little olive oil.
- Place the remaining 4 tablespoons of olive oil in the now empty pasta pot over high heat. Add the reserved 4 cloves of garlic cut in thin slices. Saute until almost brown. Add Manilla clams. Add another 1/2 cup of shredded basil. Add half of the reserved tomato sauce. Add a little bit of the reserved clam juice. Cover the pot and cook until the clams open. As soon as the clams open, add chopped clams and spaghetti. Mix well. Add additional sauce if desired. Add the remaining basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Turn out onto large pasta platter. Garnish with extra sprigs of basil. Serve immediately.
- Suggested drink: Gai, Trebbiano dei Colli Martani, Rocca di Fabbri
SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Fast, easy, and very delicious!! I usually have everything that I need for this recipe on hand. Use as much or as little garlic that you like, or, that your family and friends can tolerate. You can throw in a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, if you want...but, I prefer it without. Served with a salad, some fresh Italian bread, a glass of wine...and, presto, dinner is ready!
Provided by Alan in SW Florida
Categories Sauces
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Drain the clams and reserve the juices. To the reserved juices, add enough vermouth or wine to measure about 3/4 cup (approximately 1/4 cup of vermouth or wine).
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oil and butter. Add the minced garlic and simmer for about 3 minutes, or until garlic begins to color; do NOT let the garlic brown or the sauce will taste bitter. Add the parsley, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and clam juice/vermouth mixture, and a pinch of crushed red pepper, if desired. Break the tomatoes up with the back of a wooden spoon. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the clams and cook just long enough to heat through, a minute or so.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Place the spaghetti into serving bowls and pour the sauce over each. Pass the grated Parmesan cheese and sprinkle, if desired.
- Mangia!
SPAGHETTI WITH CLAMS
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
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 WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Great dinner for a Friday night.
Provided by ANGCHICK
Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Clams
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 866.8 calories, Carbohydrate 90.7 g, Cholesterol 81 mg, Fat 37.3 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 39.9 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 198.2 mg, Sugar 3.2 g
SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Provided by Melissa Roberts
Categories Pasta Tomato Quick & Easy High Fiber Dinner Clam Healthy Gourmet Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oil in a 12- to 14-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until it shimmers, then cook garlic with red-pepper flakes, stirring, until pale golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add tomatoes with their juice, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and briskly simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Cook spaghetti in a pasta pot of boiling salted water (3 tablespoons salt for 6 quarts water) until al dente.
- Meanwhile, add clams (in shells) to sauce and cook, covered, shaking skillet occasionally, until clams open wide, 6 to 10 minutes (discard any clams that remain unopened after 10 minutes). Transfer clams (still in shells) as cooked to a large shallow bowl. If sauce is too watery, boil until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Drain spaghetti. Return clams to sauce and add pasta, tossing
MARIE'S SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
I used Barilla's whole wheat thin spaghetti for this recipe and it is wonderful! Very light and very tasty. You can also substitute linguine or regular thin spaghetti.
Provided by Marie
Categories Spaghetti
Time 40m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Saute onion and garlic lightly in olive oil over medium heat, being careful not to brown.
- Add tomatoes, sauce and basil to blender and blend until fairly smooth.
- Add mixture back to saute pan and add salt and pepper and red pepper flakes to taste. (Tomatoes have sodium, so be careful with how much you add.).
- Drain one can of clams and add liquid only to sauce.
- Stir and bring to boil, lower heat and simmer sauce for about 20 minutes.
- Drain other 2 cans clams and reserve liquid.
- Cook pasta and about 5 minutes before it is done, add clams to sauce.
- If sauce is too thick add a little more of the reserved clam liquid.
- Add cooked pasta to sauce and stir for a few minutes, then serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 707.2, Fat 13.5, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 50.5, Sodium 1624.1, Carbohydrate 95.8, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 7.6, Protein 49.9
SPAGHETTI WITH BROOKLYN RED CLAM SAUCE
Make and share this Spaghetti With Brooklyn Red Clam Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Valerie in Florida
Categories Sauces
Time 20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large covered pot, heat a gallon of water with a tablespoon of salt to a boil. When it boils, add the pasta, stir well, and cover until it returns to the boil. 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 the oil over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and slowly cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add the claims with their juice, wine, tomatoes, red pepper flakes and salt and pepper, to taste, keeping in mind that the claims are quite salty. Stir, reduce the heat to simmer and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Reserving 1/2 cup cooking water, drain the 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.
SPAGHETTI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
Make and share this Spaghetti With Red Clam Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Lisa1
Categories Spaghetti
Time 55m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook garlic in oil over medium heat approx 30 seconds.
- Add black and red pepper. Cook and stir 30 seconds longer.
- Drain clams, reserving juice. Set clams aside.
- Add clam juice and tomatoes to skillet. Stir in basil and anchovy paste. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 30 to 45 minutes until desired consistency is reached.
- Stir in clams. Heat through.
- Serve over hot cooked spaghetti or linguine.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.2, Fat 5.3, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 51.4, Sodium 130.6, Carbohydrate 12.6, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 5.3, Protein 21.2
Tips:
- Use fresh clams: Fresh clams are essential for the best flavor. If you can't find fresh clams, frozen clams can be substituted, but they won't have the same briny flavor.
- Purge the clams: Before cooking, purge the clams by soaking them in cold water for 30 minutes. This will help to remove any sand or grit from the clams.
- Use a good quality olive oil: Olive oil is the base of the sauce, so it's important to use a good quality oil. Extra virgin olive oil is the best choice, as it has a rich, fruity flavor.
- Don't overcook the clams: Clams are very delicate and can easily be overcooked. Cook them just until they open, about 5-7 minutes.
- Serve the spaghetti with plenty of sauce: The sauce is the star of this dish, so don't be shy about serving it generously.
Conclusion:
Spaghetti with red clam sauce is a classic Italian dish that is simple to make and always a crowd-pleaser. The combination of fresh clams, briny white wine, and flavorful sauce is sure to satisfy everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a delicious and easy seafood dinner, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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