Spaghetti alle Vongole
My favorite traditional Italian recipes, are pasta dishes recipes, cause they bring out the best of each ingredient!
I felt connected right away, I don't know if this thanks to my ancestors or just the inviting earthy feeling, that surrounds the entire village! Made me feel like I belong there and that this was supposed to be part of my life. Of course, what you eat is an important ingredient of your stay and holidays in Sicily. Arancine or arancini, are Sicily's favorite street food! They are rice balls filled with your favorites: either capers pesto, meat sauce, mozzarella, ham and butter; and with a crunchy coating.....
Simple recipes are the best! you can taste the freshness and the flavors! Amazing meals with so simple and fresh ingredients! Never get tired of being surprised with this type of recipes, most of the times I am waiting to be surprised or surprise with new recipes, maybe sometimes super complicated or with lots of ingredients. And the results always take me back to the same result!
Stay with the basics and most of the time, less is more! way more, this recipe have only a few ingredients and is just wonderful! Try it and you'll see.
Ingredients
- 1 lb of clams
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup of parsley
- Red chili pepper flakes
- large glass of white wine
- salt and pepper
- 1 lb of spaghetti
Instructions
- First, take your fresh clams most of them will be close, while others may be slightly open. Tap on them to see if they automatically close. If they respond, they are alive, if not discard them cause they are most likely dead.
- Shells that are broken may mean the clam is dead or unhealthy. Discard these.
- Make sure the clams are completely submerged under the water. As the clams are soaking they will naturally spit out any salt, sand and ocean particles they have absorbed, which will clean their insides. After wash the clams carefully in running water.
- Heat some olive all in a large frying pan and add the chopped garlic, let it cook for a couple of minutes the add the clams and cover until they open up.
- Add the the wine (if you don't want alcohol in you recipe you can replace with fish stock), let reduce for a few minutes. Add the finely chopped parsley, salt, pepper and the red chili pepper flakes to your taste and then add the cooked spaghetti and let it cook for just one minute.
- Serve right away.
Sometimes we try to do too much, we add too much stuff to our dishes, and afterwards we can not enjoy each ingredient, I love the way traditional Italian recipes present dishes, so returning to basics, and trying not to over do this one, so simple yet so good!
Happy cooking!
Cheyanne says
This spaghetti looks super fresh and clean... loving the flavors 🙂 Sounds seriously scrumptious!!
Petit Gourmet says
Hola!!!
Thank you! it was good and light! really a simple recipe but full of flavors!
XOXOXO
Emily says
Beautiful photos and recipe! One of my all time favorite combos. I am still kicking myself for the first 18 years of my life that I refused to eat clams 🙂
Emily
http://www.hungryinlove.com
Petit Gourmet says
I know I refused to eat a lot of things that nowadays I enjoy a lot!! thanks for stopping by!