Sometimes simple is best – especially when it comes to pasta. Making a meal where you’re using just a few quality ingredients, without having to chop up and/or fry off meat, is not only a time saver, but I think it makes you appreciate how seriously good and comforting a simple bowl of pasta can be. This vongole (clam) spaghetti is quick to prepare, light and yet incredibly satisfying. It falls into my go-to group of extra-simple pasta dishes – which also has some of these favourites ⤵️:
Spaghetti aglio e olio
Pesto Pasta Recipe
Gorgonzola Pasta
20-Minute Garlic Bread Spaghetti
🤔 How to eat the clams in a vongole
Let’s not be shy about how to approach the eating of this dish. I know shells can sometimes be a little overwhelming for people though! Personally I use approach number one. Which one works for you?
Approach 1: Swirl up a forkful of spaghetti and eat that first, then pick up the clam shell with your fingers and suck the clam out of the shell. It should come away very easily (they don’t try to cling on to the shell as much as mussels). Discard the shell on the side of your plate or onto a side plate. Approach 2: Hold a clam shell with your fingers and use a fork to pull out the clam. Then with the clam still on your fork, swirl up a bit of spaghetti onto the fork too, and eat! Approach 3: Use your fork to pop each clam out of its shell first. Place the empty shells on the side of your plate or onto a side plate and eat the clams mixed with the spaghetti.
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