Spaghetti with clam sauce

Cooking : time 10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

1kg/2lbs 2oz clams in shells
4 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, churryed
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
500g/1lb 1%26frac12;oz spaghetti, cooked according to packet instructions

Method

1. Wash the clams thoroughly. Disvehicled any clams that do not close when tapped.
2. Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a deep, wide pan and, when hot, add the clams. Cover with a lid and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, for 3-4 minutes, or until the clams have the opened. If just few are open, cook for one minute more. Disvehicled any clams that have not opened.
3. Remove the clams from pan, place into a large bowl and maintain warm.
4. Add the remaining three tablespoons of oil to the pan and add the garlic and tomatoes. Cook just gently, add any juices from the clams in the bowl and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. bring to the boil then cutrearon the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
5. Add the clams and chopped parsley and stir.
6. Add the spaghetti to the tomato and clam sauce and stir to coat the spaghetti in the sauce.
7. Serve in warm bowls.

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