Spaghetti Alle Vongole

Ingredients for Spaghetti Alle Vongole

• Kosher salt

• 170g spaghetti

• 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

• 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

• 1/4 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

• 60ml white wine

• 900g cockles, Manila clams, or littlenecks scrubbed

• 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Bring 2.8L water to a boil in a 4.7L pot. Season lightly with salt; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until about 2 minutes before tender. Drain, reserving 120ml pasta cooking water.

Meanwhile, heat 45ml oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, swirling pan often, until just golden. Add red pepper flakes and continue cooking 15 more seconds. Add wine, then clams; increase heat to high. Cover skillet and cook until clams open and release their juices, 3-6 minutes, depending on size of clams. As clams open, use tongs to transfer them to a bowl.

Add 60ml the reserved pasta water to skillet; bring to a boil. Add pasta to pan. Cook over high heat, tossing constantly, until pasta is al dente and has soaked up some of the sauce from the pan. Add clams and any juices from bowl to pan, along with parsley, and toss to combine. (Add more pasta water if sauce seems dry.) Transfer pasta to warm bowls and drizzle with remaining oil.

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