Linguine and Clam Sauce Recipe

Here's a favorite family dish, Linguine and Clam Sauce Recipe, that's so easy to make. This is a garlic clam sauce that's creamy from Jack Cheese. Make it with canned clams and or fresh clams. It takes minutes to make and tastes like a gourmet dinner.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Clam Linguine, clam sauce, clams, dinner recipe, Italian pasta, pasta, Pasta dinner, white clam sauce

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Soaking Fresh Live Clams 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings servings

Calories 489kcal

Author Janine Waite

Ingredients

Soaking Fresh Live Clams

2½ lbs Littlenecks optional
4 cups cold water
2 tbsp salt

Noodles

½ lb linguine noodles
1 tsp salt
4 qt water

Clam Sauce

2 cans clams 6 oz cans
¼ cup butter use either salted or unsalted
½ cup olive oil
3 cloves fresh garlic chopped
1 cup parsley chopped (either Italian or curly parsley works)
1 cup Jack cheese can use less cheese if you prefer
½ tsp chili flakes optional

Garnish

parmesan cheese
chopped parsley

Instructions

Soak Live Clams

Check to make sure clams are alive - (They should be closed tight.)
If the clamshells are dirty, scrub the outside and rinse.
Prepare salt water for soaking clams. Pour 4 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of salt into a large bowl, but double the ratio if you have a lot of clams.
Gently place clams in salt water mixture. And store them in a cold room or refrigerator. Allow clams to soak uncovered for an hour or more before cooking them.
Discard any clams floating or open. (If the clam is open, gently touch the shell; some may close. Keep them if they close.)
Rinse, wash, and drain clams before cooking.

Clam Sauce

Drain the canned clams and reserve the clam juice in a glass.
Heat butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
Add clams (canned) and garlic and quickly saute them. Stir in clam juice and parsley.
Add chili flakes.
Simmer one minute.
Stir in cheese with a whisk. The sauce will thicken with the cheese.
Add cooked clams in shells into the sauce.
Keep the heat low and warm while cooking noodles.

Boil Noodles - Make While Cooking Sauce or After

Fill a large pot with about 4-6 quarts of water.
Bring water to a boil. Add about one teaspoon of salt to the boiling water. Add linguine noodles to boiling water and stir noodles.
Boil noodles for about 10 minutes or until they're al dente.
Drain the noodles and place them on plates. Pour sauce over pasta. Sprinkle parmesan cheese and chopped parsley on the noodles.

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