Linguini with Clam Sauce
Love clam sauce? We sure do and I am going to give you my recipe for both white clam sauce and red clam sauce. This week I made the red clam sauce twice because everyone loved it that much!! You may also love Parmesan Garlic Wings and SCRUMPTIOUS BAKED CLAM DIP!
White Clam Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 T. olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves chopped
- 4 T. butter
- 1 c. white wine
- 3 cans chopped clams one with the liquid, the others drained
- 25 littleneck clams
- 1 lemon
- parsley
- parmesan cheese
- 1 pound cooked linguini tossed with butter salt, pepper
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat oil and sauté garlic.
- Add butter and continue cooking.
- Pour in wine, all of the clams and liquid from 1 can.
- Cook a few mins to combine.
- Add littleneck clams, cover and simmer 10-15 mins until clams have opened on their own.
- Squeeze in lemon. (Taste for salt)
- Top with parsley, cheese and serve over pasta.
You may need:
This beautiful braiser
Red Clam Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 T. olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves chopped
- 4 T. butter
- 1 c. white wine
- 1 c. Rao's Marinara sauce or homemade
- 1 can whole peeled tomatoes (28 ounces) we are only using the tomatoes not the sauce-crush tomatoes by hand
- 1 can tomato paste (6 ounces)
- 3 cans chopped clams (6.5 ounces each) one with the liquid, the others drained
- 25 littleneck clams
- 1 lemon
- parsley
- parmesan cheese
- 1 pound cooked linguini tossed with butter salt, pepper
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat oil and sauté garlic.
- Add butter and continue cooking.
- Pour in wine, Rao's, crushed tomatoes, 1 T. of tomato paste, all of the clams and liquid from 1 can.
- Cook a few mins to combine.
- Add littleneck clams, cover and simmer 10-15 mins until clams have opened on their own.
- Stir in the rest of your tomato paste to thicken sauce.
- Squeeze in lemon. (Taste for salt)
- Top with parsley, cheese and serve over pasta.
Natural Handcrafted Soap says
Thanks for the recipes .
Michael says
On the red clam sauce recipe…which looks delicious… You don’t mention what size can of whole tomatoes or tomato paste or what size can of clams. I really want mine to come out looking just like that and want to make it correctly. Thank you in advance.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Thank you!! I updated the sizes for u!