Linguine Con Vongole From Caffe Luna Rosa Food

SPAGHETTI VONGOLE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a generous amount of salt (at least 2 tablespoons) and the pasta and stir to separate. Cook until 3 minutes short of al dente (according to package directions), then drain.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant and sizzling, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the pepper flakes and crushed tomatoes, season with salt and cook until the tomatoes are slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Add the clams and cover for 2 to 3 minutes. Uncover and cook, stirring, until the clams open. Discard unopened clams.
• Add the pasta to the skillet along with the parsley, cheese and butter. Cook, tossing and stirring and drizzling with olive oil, until the pasta is cooked through and the sauce is silky and thickened. Serve drizzled with oil and sprinkled with cheese and parsley.

LINGUINE ALLE VONGOLE

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then saute pancetta, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute, stirring, until golden, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in clams, broth, wine, and chiles and boil, covered until clams open, about 4 to 5 minutes (discard any clams that do not open after 6 minutes). If using whole chiles, remove with a slotted spoon and discard.
• While clams are cooking, cook pasta in a 6-quart pot of well-salted boiling water until al dente. Drain in a colander, then add to clams and simmer, stirring, 30 seconds.
• Toss pasta with parsley and drizzle with remaining 5 tablespoons oil.

LINGUINE CON LE VONGOLE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking to ensure that the linguine will be hot and ready when the sauce is finished.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender yet firm (as they say in Italian "al dente.") Drain the pasta well.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil over medium flame in a deep saute pan with a lid. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes; saute for 2 minutes. Add the clams, wine, and lemon juice. Cover and cook, shaking the pan periodically, until all the clams are opened, about 7 minutes. Discard any that have not opened.
• Crank the flame up to medium-high heat. Add the hot, drained linguine to the pan; add the butter and season with salt and pepper. Toss the pasta with the clams to it's nicely coated. Shower with chopped parsley and toasted bread crumbs. Drizzle with a nice dose of olive oil before serving.

SPAGHETTI VONGOLE

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat cook the garlic cloves in olive oil until golden, about 1 minute. Add the chili-pepper flakes, clams and wine. Cover the pot and steam until the clams open, about 5 to 7 minutes. Strain, reserve the broth and set the clams aside to cool.
• Boil the spaghetti in well-salted water until tender. While it is cooking, take the clams from the shells. Discard the shells. Put the reserved clam broth in a large saucepan over medium heat. When it is boiling, add the lemon juice, the parsley and the reserved clams. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the spaghetti, toss and serve.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE (LINGUINE ALLE VONGOLE IN BIANCO)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a medium-sized saucepan. Add shallots (or onions) and saute' over medium-high heat. Add garlic, oregano, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Saute' for just a minute or so.
• Pour in wine and lemon juice and cook off for a few minutes. .
• Turn the heat to low and add the clams, stirring to incorporate, and cook for just a few minutes.
• Serve over cooked linguine.

LINGUINE CON VONGOLE WITH PEAS

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking to so that the linguine will be ready when the sauce is almost done.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not over cook - al dente. Drain the pasta well.
• Heat the olive oil over medium flame in a deep pan with a lid. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes; saute for about a minute. Add the clams, wine, clam juice and lemon juice.
• Cover and cook until clams are just opened shaking perodically, about 5 minutes. Discard any that have not opened. Remove the clams and cover the clams with foil to keep warm.
• Increase the heat to medium high and reduce the sauce a bit, about 1-2 minute. Add the peas to the pan and heat for 1-2 minute. Add the hot, drained linguine to the pan; add the butter and season with salt and pepper. Toss the pasta for a minute or two so linguine takes in some of the sauce.
• Divide evenly on the plates and place clams on top. Drizzle olive oil to your taste.

LINGUINE CON VONGOLE FROM CAFFE' LUNA ROSA

Steps:

• In a medium pot, bring salted water to a boil and cook pasta to al dente, stirring occasionally. When finished, cool slightly under tap water and set aside. (Oil pasta if cooking far in advance).
• In large skillet, brown garlic in 2 oz. olive oil, until tan. Immediately add whole clams and grape tomatoes, followed by remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until whole clams open. Toss al dente pasta in sauce and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve in two large bowls and finish with a drizzle of remaining olive oil. Garnish with parsley or basil leaves.