I adore seafood and had a massive craving for some but due to not getting paid until next week I didn't have the funds to buy any which made me sad but then I remembered that I had a big jar of clams from 'carluccios' in my cupboard and that made me happy, hoary! I adore the taste of clams, they remind me of being in Portugal picking through a huge pot of them, drinking cheap but great wine whilst watching the sun set over the sea...sigh...
I also happened to have a large jar of 'Soup de Poissons' which is fantastic stuff that mainly comes from France and I highly recommend you try some as it's fantastic quality, it can be eaten on it's own or used as a base for bouillabaisse or a pasta sauce and I thought it would work really well as a sauce base for my clams.
I'm not usually a fan of seafood from a jar or a tin but was amazingly surprised at how delicious the clams were.
To make my lovely clam pasta I started off by putting some spaghetti on to boil and then put everything together I needed for my sauce, I got two small red chilli's off my little chilli plant and chopped them, chopped 3 garlic cloves and three fresh tomatoes that all went into a deep non-stick frying pan with some olive oil to saute for a few minutes.
Only a small amount of spaghetti needed as I'm the only person eating due to my boyfriend hating seafood because he's mentally ill.
Next I added my clams and about a quarter of a jar of the 'Soup de Poissons' and let it cook for about a minute and a half before adding my spaghetti that I had left relatively al dente because that's how I like it but cook it for longer to suit your taste of course.
To finish it off you would normally scatter some freshly chopped parsley but as this was store cupboard clam spaghetti we make do with what we have and I have a chive plant so snipped a few bits off that and it went really well together. In an ideal world I would have liked white wine to have been added to the sauce but hey ho it was still really delicious without and most defiantly the best store cupboard meal I have ever made!
How delicious! Last weekend I was craving linguine alle vongole, but the fishmonger didn't have any clams... I'll try again this weekend! Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteDelicious!!!!! I'm so lucky I live in Italy for the fresh sea food and really cheap!!! Clam spaghetti is one of may favourite dish!!!! well done!!!
ReplyDeleteSucks having to wait till pay day doesn't it. But with a store cupboard stocked as well as yours it should be fun ;0)
ReplyDeleteLovely looking pasta dish.
Looks lovely, I think I'm going to cook this down the hut. The ingredients would happily sit all day without spoiling. The only question is red or white?
ReplyDeleteNice recipe. Thanks for visiting my site and leading me to yours. I too love making food from contents of fridge and pantry. Look forward to reading your blog. Keep cooking for love and hopefully you will be rewarded.
ReplyDelete@Chele...it 100% sucks waiting until payday, so thank god for thgose clams!
ReplyDelete@Micheal..I hope you got to eat your seafood pasta!
@nicolette...you are so very luck to live in Italy, I have never been and would love to so much.
@Beach hut....yoiu most definatly should cook this at your gorfeous beach hut, and I would go with the white!
@Jacqui....You can end up making something some great stuff when just using what you have in the cupboard! Thank you for your kind words.
I love pasta with seafood, although nowhere near as much as my husband does! He would adore this!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty dish this makes. I love this kind of food it takes me back to summers spent in Northern Italy...wish I was there now...!!
ReplyDeleteThose clams look great from Carluccio's really useful to have in your store cupboard. My sister gave me some wonderful butter from Carluccio's at the weekend and I made spaghetti with a butter, anchovy, green peppercorn and lemon sauce last night...that was delicious too, and so quick to make...
Mmm, that looks so yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this looks divine! I can almost taste the sea, which is really saying something since I'm stuck in the Heartland (Kansas) ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe only clams, other than fresh, I ever see are tinned minced clams. I've made clam chowder with them and a spaghetti dish such like yours, but I would stock up on the bottled clams in the shell like you have.They LOOK wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank You.
this looks wonderful and great to use stock cupboard foods like this
ReplyDeleteMy husband loves seafood and this would be perfect for him!
ReplyDeleteLovely blog and great recipes!