Spaghetti with Clams and cherry tomatoes
Who has never heard of spaghetti with vongole (clams)? It is a classic in the Italian cuisine and if you like shellfish this is just the top of tops.
I used to choose this dish many times in restaurants until I began to make my own at home. It just gets too expensive eating out and above all, homemade will always taste best.
I am back in Italy to spend the summer here, so I make the most of all the local food I can find.
The clams I have used to make this dish are called "veraci" and they are local from the Adriatic sea. They are well known for their tender meat and delicate flavour.
It is another very typical dish of all over Italy to be enjoyed with a glass of white wine. I would pair this with a good Pinot Grigio.
When you have finished your pasta you can soak the juice of the clams into some white crusty bread and clean the plate up with it, that's called "scarpetta" or little shoe.
The cherry tomatoes come from my mum's garden and they taste wonderful as they are in season now. So different to tomatoes bought from supermarkets during the winter months! Eating seasonally is always best.
- Prep Time : 20 minutes
- Cook Time : 25 minutes
Ingredients
- clams - 1 Kg
- cherry tomatoes - 10
- basil - a few leaves
- spaghetti - 500 g
- salt
- olive oil
- garlic cloves - 2
- white wine - a dash
Instructions
Leave the clams to soak in salty cold water for a couple of hours so that they will release any sand they have in them. Then rinse them well under the tap.
In a large pan, fry the garlic cloves with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Then add the clams, a splash of white wine, cover them up and cook on a high heat for a few minutes until they open.
Take them out of the pan and filter their juice keeping it aside.
In a colander cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and cook them in the same pan with a couple of spoons of olive oil for 7-8 minutes. Add a few leafs of fresh basil and stir them in.
Then add the cooked clams with their juices and stir them well into the cooked tomatoes adding a dash of olive oil as well.
Cook the pasta in salty water two minutes less than it says on the packet, drain and stir it in the pan with the tomato sauce for a couple of minutes over a high heat.
Garnish with a few basil leaves.
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Li adoro, sono deliziosi! Brava Alida!Un bacio
Delicious pasta & great for the season! 🙂
This looks so summery and sounds great. I like your new picture at the top of your blog too!
This dish looks so good. I'm definitely making this one. I do love visiting your site for so many cooking ideas. I sometimes forget to create in the kitchen, but with all your wonderful recipes I can cook up some amazing dishes.
Thank you so much. Your comments are always so lovely. I do appreciate it!
Buoni! I have to go look for some little neck clams!
Another easy and delicious dish, Alida! I love how everything is so fresh, including the the homegrown tomatoes. I love mopping up extra sauce with crusty bread – as much as I love pasta, I think I love the bread-mopping experience even more! Thanks so much for sharing this…
Gli spaghetti preparati in questo modo li ho mangiati, sono buonissimi. Le vongole veraci danno al sughetto un sapore unico. Bravissima
My husband will love this pasta dish. Yum!
I´ve eaten spaghetti alle vongole, yours looks absolutely exquisite! Have a nice Wednesday!
Looks awesome! Another lesson for me ..thanks Alida!(never cooked with clams)
Che brava, questi spaghetti sono adorabili con quel profumo di mare, li preparo spesso! Ciao
I am totally in spaghetti mood today. Love this!
delicious. it made me hungry. I will surely eat spaghetti today. It made me jealous. so delicious. love this.
Gli spaghetti con le vongole sono tra i primi che mi piacciono di più 🙂 Baci cara
It must have been AGES since I last had clams…your pasta looks so fresh,summery and droolworthy, Alida.
It looks so exotic to me, considering I've never tried clams. You do create the most astonishing recipes Alida :). It's like I am reading that famous magazine "Good Foods". Congrats and kisses.
nemmeno io sapevo come si dice volngole in inglese, ora l'ho imparato, un bel piatto complimenti ma anche da te si trovano le vongole? non lo pensavo
Queste sono italiane. Sono in Italia a passare l'estate. Pero' le trovo anche in Inghilterra ma sono piu' grandi delle nostre e hanno un gusto diverso.
Qué buena es la pasta con marisco, Alida! Besitos.
Love these spaguetties look amazing!
I love this combo with prawns as well – basil, olive oil & garlic – Olympic HEAVEN! 🙂
Dear Alida, One of my favorite dishes. Blessings dear. Catherine xo
I may just have to make this. It looks luscious!