Linguine with Clam Sauce
This is a white clams sauce and it's really good with homemade linguine or fettuccine.
2 |
dozen |
small fresh clams (Littlenecks), see To clean fresh clams. |
To clean fresh clams
Fresh clams are living things. If they come tightly wrapped, in say netting, unwrap them so they can breathe. Discard any chipped, broken, or open clams.
Cleaning the clams removes both the inside and outside sandiness. Clean the clams about 30 minutes before you cook them.
- In a pot of fresh, cool water, soak the clams for about 20 minutes to filter the sand and salt out of the clam.
- Lift each clam up out of the water. (Pouring the clams and water into a strainer brings along the salt and sand so don't do that.)
- Scrub the exterior of each clam with a brush and rinse under running water.