Soup-Style Clam Vongole
- 100 grams Pasta (I used 1.4 mm spaghetti noodles, but use any of your favorite pasta)
- 10 Manila clams
- 1 -1 1/2 cloves Garlic (coarsely chopped)...A
- 1/6 to 1/4 Onion (coarsely chopped ((or any cut you like)))...A )
- 1 Red chili pepper (Chop up in round slices)...A
- 30 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 30 ml White wine (sake is OK * avoid cooking sake)
- 200 ml Water...B
- 1 dash less than a teaspoon or 1 dash less than 1/2 cube Consomme bouillon
- 1/4 tsp Soy sauce (if desired)...B
- 1 Salt (to taste)
- 1 Pepper (to taste)
- 1 Black pepper (peppercorn or crushed) (to taste)
- 1 Italian parsley or dried parsley (if you have it at home)
- Prepare the clams by "de-gritting & de-salting" and rinse the shells well to remove any slime or dirt.
- *Do the de-salting especially well if you dig the clams from the ocean.
- De-grit and de-salt the clams well.
- Cut up the ingredients A as I noted above.
- In a large pot, bring 3 litters of water to a boil to cook the pasta.
- Once it is close to boiling, add 2 tablespoon of salt (makes 1% salt water).
- The amount of the salt put in at Step 4 determines the taste of the pasta.
- Please be precise.
- Once the water comes to a boil, reduce heat to very low heat and have it standing by.
- In a cold skillet, add the olive oil, garlic and the chopped up red chili pepper from Step 3 and saute them over low heat until the garlic is fragrant.
- Once the garlic from Step 6 starts to brown, add the onion from Step 3 and raise the heat to medium-low.
- Season with salt and pepper and cook them through.
- In the skillet from Step 7, add the clams from Step 1 and saute them for about 10 seconds.
- Pour in the white wine.
- Cover the skillet from Step 8 and braise the ingredients.
- *The heat should remain medium-low.
- Meanwhile, put the pasta into the Step 4 water and boil it until 30 seconds to 1 minutes shorter than the suggested cooking time, so the pasta is still a little hard.
- *Cook it over low heat.
- This is the perfect time to start cooking the 1.4 mm pasta (the cooking time is about 5 minutes).
- * Please calculate when to start cooking the pasta, so it finishes with the sauce.
- When the clams from Step 8 open up about 80-90%, take the lid off, add the ingredients B, and simmer briefly.
- Be careful not to simmer it too long, or it will get too salty.
- When the clam sauce from Step 12 is about to boil, add the cooked pasta, cook it for about 15 seconds over a heat a bit higher than low.
- Taste Step 13 and season with salt and pepper if necessary (I like it as it is without seasoning).
- Serve it on a plate and enjoy.
- For even better taste, sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper and garnish with Italian parsley or dried parsley if you have it at home.
- This rich clam flavored soup is irresistible.
- Have bread with this pasta and soak it in the soup.
- It is scrumptious.
- I have uploaded the "Authentic Vongole Rosso" recipe as well.. Clams really go well with tomato sauce.
- You can find the authentic and traditional "Vongole Bianco" recipe at.
- They are both good.
- Please give it a try.
- is a "Clam Chowder Style Cream Pasta".
- It's a soup pasta with a wonderful clam flavor.
- is also a soup pasta, but includes spring cabbage.
- It's different, but very good.
- is "Clam Tomato Risotto" .
- This is also an easy recipe with an authentic taste.
- Please give it a try...
pasta, manila clams, garlic, onion, red chili pepper, olive oil, white wine, water, bouillon, soy sauce, salt, pepper, black pepper, italian parsley
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155382-soup-style-clam-vongole (may not work)