Spaghetti with Clams

This is the first course that my family prepares for the Christmas Eve. Spaghetti with clams is an Italian recipe typical of Campania in the southern part of Italy. This recipe is made with fresh clams and tomato puree but there is also a recipe of spaghetti with clams without tomato puree. These two recipes are both very good and simple to prepare. 

INGREDIENTS (for 10 people)

1 Kg of Spaghetti

1,5 Kg of Fresh clams

1,5 Kg of Tomato puree

3 Cloves of garlic

Extra virgin olive oil

Salt

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Greco di Tufo (White Wine)

PREPARATION

Place the clams in a pan with water and let them boil until the shells open, this take about 15 – 20 minutes.

Drain the clams, preserving their water and remove the shell of them but not of all.

Place a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and the cloves of garlic in a pan and let them brown. Remove the garlic from the extra virgin olive oil, add the clams and let them brown.

Then filter the water of the clams

and add some of it to the clams together with the tomato puree and some salt, cook for about 30 minutes.

Let salted water boil for spaghetti, cook them for 6 – 8 minutes and drain them. Place the spaghetti in a platter, pour on it the sauce and add the clams with shell. This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!