Spaghetti with white clam sauce is a classic Italian dish that is easy to make and bursting with flavor. The key to a great spaghetti with white clam sauce is using fresh, high-quality ingredients. The clams should be fresh and briny, and the olive oil should be extra virgin and flavorful. The garlic and parsley should be fresh and aromatic, and the white wine should be dry and crisp. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of care, you can create a spaghetti with white clam sauce that will transport you to the shores of Italy.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
SPAGHETTI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Skip the marinara and give your spaghetti a facelift with this savory clam sauce.
Provided by wp
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a 5- to 6-quart pan over high heat, bring about 4 quarts water to a boil. Add spaghetti and cook, stirring occasionally, until barely tender to bite, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium-high heat, stir garlic in olive oil often until fragrant (do not brown), 1 to 2 minutes. Add wine, clam juice, and reserved liquid from clams and boil until reduced to about 1 cup, 6 to 8 minutes. Add clams and stir occasionally until hot, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Drain spaghetti. Add to clam sauce along with parsley and chili flakes; mix, and add salt to taste. Divide equally among four wide bowls.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 472, Carbohydrate 71, Cholesterol 49, Fat 6.2, Fiber 2.6, Protein 31, SaturatedFat 0.8, Sodium 223
LINGUINI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
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.
SPAGHETTI WITH CLAMS
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large pot, bring to a boil 6 quarts of salted water. Add pasta, stirring constantly in the beginning to prevent it from sticking together. Cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large saute pan. When almost smoking, add shallots and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add the clams and wine. Cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes or until most clams have opened.
- Add 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Whisk in butter to thicken sauce slightly.
- Drain pasta in a colander. Do not rinse pasta with water - this will remove the pasta's natural starches. Place pasta into the clam saute pan and mix thoroughly. Check seasoning.
- Pour pasta into large serving bowl. Zest lemon over the dish, being carefull not to zest the white part of the lemon, which is bitter. Garnish with remaining parsley. Serve immediately.
PASTA WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Garlic and oregano enhance the seafood flavor of this delicious main dish. "An Italian friend of my mom's passed on the recipe to her, and I began preparing it when I was 14," writes Kelli Soike of Tallahassee, Florida. "For convenience, it can be made in advance...and leftovers are just as good."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 5 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. In a saucepan, saute garlic and anchovies in oil for 3 minutes, breaking up anchovies. Stir in the clam juice, clams, water, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until sauce is reduced by half. Drain pasta; toss with clam sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 379 calories, Fat 13g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 19mg cholesterol, Sodium 874mg sodium, Carbohydrate 50g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 16g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
WHITE CLAM SPAGHETTI SAUCE
This is an inexpensive tasty dinner! Add a garden salad and it is hard to tell it cost so little to make! Enjoy!
Provided by Loves2Teach
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Drain clams, saving 3/4 cup of juices.
- Set aside.
- In a skillet, slowly heat the olive oil and butter, add garlic and saute until golden.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in saved juices, add parsley, salt and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 10 minutes, add clams and simmer 3 minutes longer.
- Serve hot over cooked spaghetti or other Italian pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
- This white sauce will cover about 1/2 pound of pasta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.9, Fat 17.7, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 50.3, Sodium 1057, Carbohydrate 4.3, Fiber 0.1, Protein 14.9
SPAGHETTI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Great dinner for a Friday night.
Provided by ANGCHICK
Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Clams
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, brown garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Stir in butter or margarine and seasonings until butter or margarine is melted. Add clams with some of their liquid; heat through.
- Drain pasta. Toss spaghetti with clam sauce, and top with grated Romano cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 866.8 calories, Carbohydrate 90.7 g, Cholesterol 81 mg, Fat 37.3 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 39.9 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 198.2 mg, Sugar 3.2 g
SPAGHETTI WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
Toss and serve this easy white clam sauce with spaghetti! Perfect when you want dinner to be ready in 25 minutes!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cook spaghetti as directed on package.
- Meanwhile, in 1 1/2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook garlic in butter about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light golden. Stir in 2 tablespoons parsley and the clams. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 3 to 5 minutes.
- Drain spaghetti. In large bowl, pour sauce over spaghetti; toss. Sprinkle with additional parsley and cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 480, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 100 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 3 g, Protein 36 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, ServingSize 1 Serving (about 1 1/4 cups), Sodium 410 mg, Sugar 0 g, TransFat 1 g
SPAGHETTI WITH CLAM SAUCE
Steps:
- Pour the olive oil into the saucepan, and set it over medium-high heat. Toss in the garlic slices, and heat and stir for a minute or so, until sizzling. Drop in the artichokes, stir, and season with the peperoncino and oregano. When the artichoke slices are sizzling, pour in the wine and orange juice, and heat to a boil.
- Immediately dump in the clams, shake the pan to spread them evenly over the bottom, and put on the cover. Adjust the heat to keep the liquid at a steady simmer, and cook just until the clamshells open, 5 minutes or so. Remove open clams to a colander set in a bowl; cook any tightly closed clams a bit longer, about 3 minutes. When all the clams are out of the pan and draining, turn off the heat (and discard any shellfish that have not opened at all).
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil (6 quarts, with a tablespoon of kosher salt).
- Shake the clams in the colander to collect all their juices in the bowl below, and pour this liquid back into the saucepan. Bring the clam juices to a boil over medium-high heat, and reduce to a thin sauce consistency (turn off the heat before it gets thick). Meanwhile, pluck the cooled clam meat from the shells, and chop it finely.
- Now cook the spaghetti-if you're in a hurry, it can cook at the same time as you reduce the sauce and shuck and chop the clams. Have the clam cooking sauce barely simmering in the pan, and stir in the chopped clams just before the spaghetti is al dente.
- Lift the cooked pasta from the pot, let it drain briefly, drop it into the saucepan, and toss well until all the strands are nicely coated with clam sauce. Sprinkle on the chopped parsley, toss again, and serve the pasta right away in warm bowls.
SPAGHETTI WITH CREAMY WHITE CLAM SAUCE
A handful of ingredients is all you need for this must-try main dish. "I often make it when time is short," explains Linda Evancoe-Coble of Leola, Pennsylvania. "Add store-bought rolls and a bagged salad and...presto...you have a satisfying meal."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 5 minutes until slightly thickened. , Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain. Pour sauce over spaghetti.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 342 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 35mg cholesterol, Sodium 330mg sodium, Carbohydrate 57g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 21g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
PASTA WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE
This quick and easy meal is sure to please. My family enjoys this recipe with angel hair pasta. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.
Provided by Nancy Nicholas
Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Clams
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Begin preparing pasta. While preparing pasta, saute onions and garlic in olive oil. Add all ingredients except can of clam sauce. Heat on medium. Once mixture is heated, reduce heat to medium low and add clam sauce. Heat slowly.
- Once pasta is done, combine with sauce mixture and garnish with parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 655.7 calories, Carbohydrate 71.3 g, Cholesterol 100.5 mg, Fat 28.7 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 21.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 669.7 mg, Sugar 2.6 g
OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY ORIGINAL CLAM SAUCE
Make and share this Old Spaghetti Factory Original Clam Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by JandBsMom
Categories Sauces
Time 20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine butter, garlic, onion and celery in a saucepan.
- Braise over medium-low heat until tender but not brown.
- Add the flour, and mix to make a roux.
- Drain clams, reserving juice.
- In a separate saucepan, combine clam juice, half-and-half, thyme and salt.
- Heat until just below boiling.
- Add to roux, and cook until sauce thickens.
- Add clams, stirring gently to mix through out the sauce.
- Serve over noodles.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 573.5, Fat 46, SaturatedFat 28.4, Cholesterol 160.5, Sodium 1363.1, Carbohydrate 20.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 1.6, Protein 20.8
Tips:
- Fresh Clams: Use the freshest clams possible. Fresh clams should have tightly closed shells and smell like the ocean. If a clam's shell is open, tap it gently. If it closes, it is still alive and can be used.
- Purging Clams: Before cooking, purge the clams to remove any sand or grit. Place the clams in a large bowl of cold water with 1/4 cup of salt. Let them soak for 30 minutes, then drain and rinse.
- White Wine: Use a dry white wine for the clam sauce. A good option is Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc.
- Garlic and Herbs: Use fresh garlic and herbs for the best flavor. Finely chop the garlic and parsley, and use fresh thyme sprigs.
- Cooking the Clams: Cook the clams over medium heat until they open. Do not overcook, or they will become tough.
- Pasta: Use a long, thin pasta for this dish, such as spaghetti or linguine. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
- Serving: Serve the spaghetti with white clam sauce immediately, garnished with fresh parsley and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.
Conclusion:
Spaghetti with white clam sauce is a classic Italian dish that is easy to make and delicious. With a few simple ingredients and a little time, you can create a restaurant-quality meal at home. The key to a great white clam sauce is using fresh clams and cooking them properly. Be sure to purge the clams before cooking, and cook them over medium heat until they open. Once the clams are cooked, add them to a sauce made with white wine, garlic, herbs, and butter. Serve the spaghetti with white clam sauce immediately, garnished with fresh parsley and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.
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