This pasta dish tastes like the sea, with the added punch of red pepper! Spaghetti with Clams, Cipollini Onions, Garlic & Colatura di Alici.
Spaghetti with Clams, Cipollini Onions, Garlic & Colatura di Alici
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Ingredients
- 2 pound thin spaghetti, dried
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 butter
- 1 medium shallot, thinly sliced
- 2 clove garlic, peeled and minced
- 2½ pound manila clams, scrubbed clean
- 16 roasted cipolline onions, left whole (seee recipe section)
- 16 roasted garlic cloves, left whole
- 1 dry white wine
- .125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoon colatura di alici
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 lemon, zested, for garnish
Directions
1. In a large pot, bring to a boil 6 quarts of salted water. Add the spaghetti, stirring well at the beginning to prevent it from sticking together. Cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
2. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saute pan. When hot, add shallots and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Add the clams, cipolline onions, roasted garlic cloves and wine. Cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes or until the clams have opened.
4. Add 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, cayenne pepper and the Colatura di Alici.
5. Drain pasta in a colander. Place pasta into the saute pan with the clams and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasoning seasoning.
6. Pour pasta into large serving bowl. Sprinkle with lemon zest, a big grind of black pepper and garnish with the remaining parsley. Serve immediately.
This salad looks really good and it’s very easy to make. I also like the way you mix lemon zest into the lemon juice. It got to be delicious!
Good job taming the drama — I believe it is a gift that not everyone possesses!
I also love this salad, and oh my god, is it actually healthy??? It is, but I am sure not purposefully 🙂
I love the salad idea, i would add some almond slivers or maybe some seseme seeds perhaps just to add, I don’t know.. something more? I know, i know you wanted to razzle-dazzle him and I sure hope you did.. Letting go of those kinds of memores especially when he brings those types of things up, maybe he was testing you in some way, you passed with green and white colors my friend and a lemony fresh scent. Keep on being your dramatic self it brings out the best in your dishes.
You are so funny!! Love the recipe and the drama..or should i say life as it is =D Thank you for sharing both 🙂
Greg, this is one of your funniest posts yet and your salad looks fantastic, even though broccoli isn’t one of my first loves.
We discuss food all day in my house. As soon as breakfast is finished, someone asks “what’s for lunch?” The other Hoffers do the same in their house. Once my husband’s Dad was visiting and our grandchildren were there and someone was making a video of them and in the background you can hear his Dad say, “So, what’s for lunch?” while I’m rinsing the breakfast dishes.
And yes sir, there are wineries in north Georgia and North Carolina. There are nine near us in north Georgia. Come and visit sometime. You need to get out of the city occasionally anyway (smile). Breathe some fresh air. Enjoy glass of Georgia’s version of French rose wine.
Hope you are having a great weekend.
Sam
Clearly it’s the salad Ken held the torch for, not the old flame. I’m sure a fresh torch blew away the old and burns brighter for your salad now. How could it not? Seems Ken associates ALL favorable food memories with YOU, my dear. 🙂
This cracked me up, getting to hear your side of this. Smooth move with letting it slide and sneaking the details out of him. Someone could take this and build a sitcom episode around it. Fun read.
So what did he think?
If that’s the end result of discussing broccoli at breakfast, I’m all for it!
this broccoli salad sounds wonderful! I especially like the shitake mushroom addition, daring yes, but also brilliant!
Not all couples. I barely speak to my husband in the morning. He takes forever to say anyting. I made the mistake of asking him once if slept good the night before, 20 minutes later, I managed to escape and leave for work.
So what happened? Did he slip up, did he love it? Do tell! As for the non-legal you can marry in Iowa of all states!? But why ruin a good thing? 😉
He ate every bite while watching Wheel of Fortune. Then he left for his work stuff. Tomorrow when he (hopefully) reads my blog I expect some kissing and loving, and apologies. Not that they are needed. I know we are solid. And lucky. GREG
Nosy me has wanted to pry forever. Who do you live with? Ken How long have you been together? 20 years. I have no idea what the recipe is in this post, but now I have lots more questions. You know my history. I was a born a girl, but I think, emote, and probably cook (and decorate) like a gay man. I think Ken scored.
I discuss Ken in my 100 things about Greg. You can find some details there. But the obvious retort is your hubby is far luckier than my non-legal partner (of nearly 20 yrs) who is not recognized by “decent” society! GREG
Greg you’re hilarious. You’re probably the first person that I know of that talks about broccoli during breakfast. But then again, I’m guilty of talking about what to make for dinner during breakfast, too, so…yeah. If Ken doesn’t want his share of the salad, I’ll take it!!
You know, dramatic might not always be in order in everyday life, but it definitely makes for an interesting read, on my part! This salad does sound simple and delicious! I wish you luck!
This may be the healthiest broccoli salad on the market!