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Linguine alle Vongole

Built around linguine and clams -- the method starts by soaking the clams in a bowl of cold salted water for 20 minutes so.

Linguine alle Vongole
Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Total
25 min
Serves
4
Level
Medium
Rating
★ 4.8

Silky strands tangled in a glossy sauce -- a weeknight bowl that eats like a trattoria classic. Here it's built on linguine, clams and garlic -- a medium, Italian recipe that starts by soaking the clams in a bowl of cold salted water for 20 minutes so, and is ready in roughly 25 minutes.

Ready in 25 minutes -- genuinely doable on a weeknight.

A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.

Built around linguine, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.

Ingredients

  • 12 oz (340 g) linguine
  • 2 lb (900 g) fresh clams (littlenecks), scrubbed
  • plus 6 more ingredients

Method

1

Soak the clams in a bowl of cold salted water for 20 minutes so they spit out grit, then lift them out and discard any that are cracked or stay open when tapped.

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