A few simple ingredients come together in a flash to produce this tasty pasta dish. You can easily have dinner on the table in the time it takes to cook the pasta.
No need to head out to an expensive Italian restaurant. For just a few dollars you can easily make this at home in just a few minutes. The tanginess from the white wine and fresh lemon juice gives this dish a bright, fresh flavor. Add a tossed green salad and bread to round out the meal. It doesn’t get much easier or tastier than this dish.
Are you feeling ambitious, why not give baking homemade bread a try to serve with this meal? It’s a lot easier than you may think. Give this technique a try. You will become legend among family and friends for your home baked bread, I promise!!!
To make the Linguini with Clam Sauce start by cooking the pasta al dente, according to the package directions.
While the pasta is cooking, it’s time to prepare the clam sauce.
Heat oil in a large skillet. Once oil is hot, add minced garlic and red pepper flakes. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Drain clam juice from canned chopped clams and set aside.
Add wine and reserved clam juice from the two cans of clams to the skillet.
Increase heat, and bring mixture to a boil. Simmer for about 5 minutes, until sauce is reduced by about half.
Add freshly cracked pepper, chopped clams and lemon juice. Heat through.
Add drained, cooked linguini to the sauce in the pan and toss to coat.
Give it a taste and season with salt and additional pepper if needed.
Serve topped with a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley.
Grow your own herb garden so you always have fresh parsley on hand when you need it for a recipe. Parsley is one of the easiest herbs to grow. Even if you have never grown anything from seed and you think you have a black thumb, you can easily grow parsley.
Linguini with Clam Sauce
Ingredients
- 8 oz linguini
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼-½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 6 oz cans minced clams, reserve juice
- ½ cup white wine
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- Cook pasta al dente, according to package directions.
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare clam sauce.
- Heat oil in a large skillet.
- Once oil is hot, add minced garlic and red pepper flakes. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add wine and reserved clam juice from the two cans of clams. Increase heat, and bring mixture to a boil. Cook until sauce is reduced by about half.
- Add pepper, clams and lemon juice. Heat through.
- Add cooked linguini to the sauce in the pan and toss to coat.
- Season with salt if needed.
- Serve topped with a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley.
If you make this Linguini with Calm Sauce, don’t forget to comment and leave a review, or tag me on Instagram so I can see it!
