Linguine with Clams in Seafood Broth

I had friends coming over for dinner last Saturday so I gave it a shot to make this great seafood pasta dish, linguine with clams in seafood broth, that I found in La Cucina Italiana Magazine.

Fantastic(!) compostion of different pasta types for La Cucina Italiana's special PASTA edition!

Le me planning the dinner menu:

Working hard to take one decent photo of the pasta dish:

Y U No zoom in? :)

Anyways... so here is the recipe for this delicious and very easy to make pasta dish:

Ingredients:

Seafood Broth

(Although I wanted to make the broth from scratch, Whole Foods was out of white fish so I had to cancel that step from preparing the dish and got their pre-made seafood broth.)

3 1/4 pounds cockles or small little neck clams, well scrubbed

(Get them from Whole Foods, they scrub them for you.)

2 tablespoons cornmeal

Fine sea salt

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

(I used cilantro instead of parsley. Coz I looooove Cilantro! :))

3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped

3/4 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary

3 to 4 thin slices fresh chile peppers

1 pound linguine

Preparation:

(Makes 6 servings)

Preparing the clams:

Put clams in a bowl and cover them with water. Add cornmeal and let stand for 30 minutes. This step, which I also just found out about, helps get rid of any sand and impurities in the clams. Very very interesting! :) Drain and rinse.

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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

In a large high-sided skillet, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add parsley, garlic, rosemary and chile: cook, stirring occasionally for 3 minutes.

Add clams, increase heat to high and toss to coat with oil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook until clams open, for about 8 minutes.

Cook pasta in the boiling water until al dente. Meanwhile, heat the seafood broth.

Drain pasta, then add to a large serving bowl. Addnthe clams and toss.

Divide pasta and clams among individual sized serving bowls. Ladle hot broth over the top. Serve immediately.  

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Buon Appetito! ;)