Chilled Pasta alle Vongole with Tarako
- 140 grams Spaghetti
- 16 Manila clams
- 1 Tarako (salt cured cod or pollack roe)
- 50 ml Olive oil (extra virgin)
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1 Red chili pepper
- 100 ml White wine
- 80 ml Water
- 1 Tomato (large)
- 5 Basil leaves (large)
- 1 Salt and pepper
- These are the ingredients.
- Put 25 ml of olive oil, the finely chopped garlic and de-seeded and sliced chili pepper in a frying pan.
- Cook over low heat until the garlic turns light brown.
- Put the well washed clams into the frying pan.
- Stir fry for 20 seconds, and add the white wine.
- Cover the frying pan with a lid, and steam for 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat to cook the clams through.
- Add 80 ml to the frying pan.
- Simmer for about a minute over medium heat to evaporate the alcohol in the wine and bring out the umami of the clams.
- Transfer the contents of the frying pan to a bowl.
- Chill well in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Make a slit through the membrane of the tarako, and scrape out the insides with the back of a knife.
- Peel the tomato by briefly dunking it in boiling water.
- Cut up the peeled tomato into wedges.
- Chop up the basil leaves roughly.
- Boil the spaghetti in hot water that's about as salty as sea water.
- For chilled pasta, cook it for 1 to 2 minutes longer than indicated on the package.
- Drain the spaghetti into a colander, and chill well in ice water.
- Drain again.
- Combine the chilled clam mix from Step 6 and the cold spaghetti from Step 11.
- Add 2/3 of the tarako, basil and 25 ml of olive oil.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
- Add the cut up tomato and mix lightly.
- Transfer to serving plates, and top with the remaining tarako.
- Garnish with whole basil leaves.
manila clams, tarako, olive oil, clove garlic, red chili pepper, white wine, water, tomato, basil, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/146186-chilled-pasta-alle-vongole-with-tarako (may not work)