Linguine With White Clam Sauce Lidia Bastianich Food

LINGUINE WITH CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook according to the package directions for al dente. Be careful not to overcook; the pasta should have plenty of bite to it. Drain and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter. (Using both olive oil and butter allows you to heat the mixture at a higher heat before it starts to brown.) Add the clams and garlic and stir together. Cook for 3 minutes. Pour in the white wine, scraping the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Cook until the sauce is reduced and less watery, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and stir to melt. Reduce the heat and squeeze in the lemon juice. Pour in the cream and sprinkle in the parsley. This is a very decadent dish! Add some salt and freshly ground black pepper, then stir well and taste for seasoning. Add a splash of reserved clam juice if the sauce needs thinning. Cook over low heat until heated through, about 3 minutes more.
• Pour the pasta into a serving bowl. Pour on the sauce straight from the skillet, including all the luscious juice, and toss to combine. At this point your kitchen smells like heaven. Top with freshly grated Parmesan and garnish with lemon slices.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season generously with salt. Boil the pasta until al dente, tender but still firm.
• While the pasta cooks make the clam sauce. Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook until softened but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds more. Add the wine and water and increase the heat to high. Add the clams, cover, and cook, shaking the pan periodically, until all the clams are opened, about 6 minutes.
• Drain the pasta and add to the clam sauce. Add the parsley and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide among heated bowls and serve immediately.

LINGUINI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large deep skillet over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 4 turns of the pan in a slow stream, red pepper flakes, garlic and anchovies and cook until anchovies melt into the oil. Add thyme and wine. Reduce wine 1 minute. Add clam juice or stock, clam juice will give the dish a stronger clam flavor, chicken stock will give it a buttery personality. Stir in clams and lemon zest. Drain pasta. Add to skillet and toss with sauce 2 to 3 minutes, until pasta is al dente and has absorbed some of the sauce and flavor. Add parsley, pepper and salt, to your taste and serve with bread for mopping up remaining juices.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and add half the garlic cloves. Bring the pan to a medium- high heat and cook until the garlic becomes golden brown. When the garlic is golden brown and very aromatic, remove it and discard, it has fulfilled its garlic destiny. Put 3 1/2 dozen clams in the pan with the wine and 1/2 cup of water. Cover the pan and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Cover and cook until the clams open, about 10 minutes. Remove the clams from the pan and reduce the cooking liquid. Let the clams cool slightly, then remove them from the shells and reserve. Discard the shells. Pour the cooking liquid into a measuring cup.
• Bring a large pot of well salted water to a boil over medium heat.
• Coat the same saute pan again with olive oil and add the remaining garlic cloves and a large pinch of crushed pepper flakes. Bring the pan to a medium-high heat and cook until the garlic becomes golden brown. When the garlic is golden brown and very aromatic, remove it and discard, it has fulfilled its garlic destiny. Add the remaining raw clams and reserved clam cooking liquid to the pan. When adding the reserved clam liquid, be sure to check for sand and grit in the bottom, you may lose the last couple of tablespoons of juice but that is better than sand in your pasta! Cover and cook until the clams open.
• While the clams are cooking, drop the linguine into the salted boiling water and cook until the pasta is very "al dente" maybe a minute or so less than the box directs.
• Remove the cooked clams in their shells from the pan and keep warm. Add the butter and cooked clams that have been removed from their shells back to the pan. Bring the liquid to a boil and toss in the cooked pasta and the herbs. Cook the pasta together with the sauce until the sauce clings to the pasta. Turn off the heat and toss in the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, if using, and finish with a drizzle of big fat finishing oil. Toss or stir vigorously to combine.
• Divide the pasta into serving dishes and garnish with the clams that are still in their shells and a little more shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano, if desired.
• This won't make you want to clam up!

LINGUINE WITH CREAMY WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute garlic and parsley over medium heat in butter and olive oil; do not brown garlic.
• Add reserved clam juices, heavy cream and wine.
• Simmer, uncovered until mixture is reduce to thin sauce consistency for about 10 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add clams and warm through.
• Add cooked linguine to pan and toss to coat.
• Top with Parmesan cheese and serve.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring six quarts of water to a rolling boil and add 1 tablespoon salt.
• Open 24 of the clams over a bowl with a sieve to strain the clam liquid.
• Save 4 clams for garnish.
• Set the strained liquid aside and chop the clams into a mince.
• Add the linguine to boiling water.
• The clam sauce should take the same length of time to cook as the linguine.
• Sauté minced garlic in the olive oil over high heat, being careful not to burn it.
• Add the minced chilies.
• Add the minced clams and sauté to heat through, then add the black pepper and white wine.
• Now add the reserved clam liquid.
• Open the last four clams without detaching the clams from their shells, and toss them into the sauce.
• Add the parsley and basil.
• Lower the heat to medium.
• When the linguine is al dente, drain it and toss it with about half of the sauce.
• Divide the pasta onto four plates, add the remaining sauce, and garnish each plate with one of the whole clams.

LIDIA'S LINGUINI WITH BROCCOLI AND CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the broccoli in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then drain and cool under cold running water.
• Drain well and then chop coarsely.
• Scrub and shuck the clams, reserving the liquid.
• Strain the liquid, chop the clams, and combine them with the liquid.
• Bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil over high heat and add the linguini.
• Return to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Cook the pasta, partially covered and stirring occasionally, until almost al dente, about 6 minutes.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and add the garlic, cooking until golden, about 2 minutes.
• Add the broccoli and crushed red pepper and cook until the broccoli sizzles, about 2 minutes.
• Add the clams and their liquid and bring to a boil.
• Ladle about 1/2 cup of the pasta water into the skillet.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, cooking until the broccoli is tender, about 4 minutes.
• Drain the pasta, return it to the pot, and pour in the sauce.
• Bring the sauce and pasta to a boil, stir in the parsley and adjust the seasoning, adding salt and crushed red pepper if necessary.
• Cook, stirring until the pasta is done and there is enough sauce to coat the pasta generously but still form a small pool in the bottom of the pot, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Served drizzled with some of the extra virgin olive oil.

LINGUINE WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE II

Steps:

• In a large pot with boiling salted water cook linguini pasta until al dente. Drain.
• In a large skillet saute the garlic in the olive oil. Add the liquid from the clams, parsley, white wine, basil, and salt and stir well. Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in clams until heated through.
• Toss cooked and drained linguini pasta with the clam sauce and serve warm.