Pasta With White Clam Sauce

10m
Prep Time
20m
Cook Time
30m
Ready In

Recipe: #22661

January 24, 2016



"Another old recipe out of a WW magazine.The magazine shows: 323 cal, 7 g fat, 1 g fib. It had 7 points on the old program."

Original is 6 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (265.6 g)
  • Calories 552.6
  • Total Fat - 9 g
  • Saturated Fat - 1.8 g
  • Cholesterol - 42.6 mg
  • Sodium - 937.8 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 90.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 11.9 g
  • Sugars - 0.4 g
  • Protein - 29.1 g
  • Calcium - 118.5 mg
  • Iron - 3.6 mg
  • Vitamin C - 11.6 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Drain clams, reserving juice.

Step 2

Set clams and juice aside.

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.

Step 4

Add garlic; saute' 2 minutes or until golden (do not allow to burn or garlic will be bitter).

Step 5

Add reserved clam juice, bottled clam juice, basil, and crushed red pepper flakes; bring mixture to a boil.

Step 6

Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes.

Step 7

Add clams and lemon juice; cook 3 minutes or until clams are thoroughly heated.

Step 8

Combine pasta and clam sauce in a large bowl.

Step 9

Add chopped parsley, lemon rind, salt, and pepper; toss well.

Step 10

Spoon 1 cup pasta into each of 6 individual shallow bowls, dividing clam sauce evenly.

Step 11

Sprinkle 2 tsp Parmesan cheese over each serving.

Tips


No special items needed.

2 Reviews

ellie

Delicious and a different way to have clams and pasta. I cut way down on the red pepper flakes (about 1/4 teaspoon) but otherwise made as directed. A pantry dinner where I had everything but the parsley--thank you for sharing!

5.0

review by:
(17 Sep 2022)

dienia b

great easy pantry dish full of flavor , i would not add basil ,for me ,next time but loved the lemon and garlic and red pepper

5.0

review by:
(2 Mar 2016)

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