#pasta #spaghetti #spaghettivongole #spaghettiallevongole #clamspasta
Making a simple spaghetti with claims
0:20 Chop parsley
0:32 Slice garlic
0:39 Boil pasta
1:17 Start cooking!
2:51 Start plating
3:20 Serve
I had some cooked frozen clams in the freezer, so I took a few other ingredients and made my own version of the spaghetti alle vongole - with my own twist - made with SOJU! Here's how I made them...
Ingredients
1. Lots of Olive Oil (extra virgin the best)
2. 4 - 5 stalks of Fresh parsley or coriander
3. 150ml Soju (Korean distilled rice/wheat wine)
4. 5 - 6 cloves garlic
5. 250gm Spaghetti
6. 2 tsp Chilli flakes
7. 500gm Japanese Asari Clams
8. Salt to taste
Cooking instructions
1. Finely chop up the fresh parsley, I use only leaves but its really up to you, you can use the entire stalk
2. Finely slice the garlic, as thinly as you can slice them
3. You can also start cooking the pasta, boil them in salted water. The water should as salty as the sea
4. Cook the pasta until it is 2 minutes underdone (refer to your pasta's cooking time label). Remove the pasta and don't throw the pasta water away! Set aside
5. Now we can start cooking. Heat lots of olive oil on a pan over low heat
6. Gently fry the garlic slices in the low heat, giving it time for the oil to be infused with garlic flavour - I'd say about 5 minutes or until garlic turns slightly brown
7. Add the chilli flakes and stir it in for about 1 minute
8. Now you can add in your clams. Pour in the soju as well and bring it to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. If you are using uncooked ones, give it time to steam, closed, until clams open up
9. Remove cooked clams and set aside
10. Now you can throw in your pasta, give it a little stir. Let is simmer a little to reduce the water and then start adding pasta water, one ladle at a time. The starch in the pasta water will slowly emulsify and thicken up the liquid in your pasta
11. In the final minutes, sprinkle generously the parsley and mix it into the pasta. Keep adding pasta water if needed but once you are happy with the consistency of the sauce, its done! Careful not to overcook the pasta though
12. Serve with the clams on top and sprinkle more parsley
Buon appetito!
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