Spaghetti with Clams (Vongole)

Name: Spaghetti with Clams (Vongole)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500g spaghetti; 1 kg fresh clams, scrubbed; 6 cloves garlic, sliced; ½ cup white wine; ¼ cup olive oil; ½ tsp chilli flakes; ½ cup fresh parsley; lemon wedges

Italian spaghetti alle vongole, briny clams steamed open in white wine and garlic and tossed through spaghetti. Discarding any clams that stay shut after steaming is what keeps the dish safe and free of grit, since an unopened shell usually means the clam was already dead before cooking.

Total time

22 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

500gspaghetti

1 kgfresh clams, scrubbed

6 clovesgarlic, sliced

½ cupwhite wine

¼ cupolive oil

½ tspchilli flakes

½ cupfresh parsley

lemon wedges

Instructions

Cook pasta; reserve pasta water.

Sauté garlic and chilli in oil; add wine and clams; cover 5 min until opened.

Discard unopened clams.

Toss with pasta and pasta water; finish with parsley and lemon.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1127

Protein

73.2g

Fat

60.9g

Carbs

58.5g

Fiber

4.5g

Sodium

1542mg

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