450. California Farm Whole Clam Wine Sauce Dinner

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Use small steamer clams, fresh in winter, frozen in summer. Served over home made linguini noodles to absorb the delicious thin sauce. The brine juice inside the clams gives this dish its flavor, make sure the frozen clams have juice. If they do not have their own juice, you can add oyster sauce, recipe in here.

A great summer dish to eat outside under a shade tree with a salad, a piece of bread to soak up the leftover sauce, and a glass of white wine. Serve with flaked seasalt and dried red chili pepper flakes on the side.

450. California Farm Whole Clam Wine Sauce Dinner

Use small steamer clams, fresh in winter, frozen in summer. Served over home made linguini noodles to absorb the delicious thin sauce. The brine juice inside the clams gives this dish its flavor, make sure the frozen clams have juice. If they do not have their own juice, you can add oyster sauce, recipe in here.

A great summer dish to eat outside under a shade tree with a salad, a piece of bread to soak up the leftover sauce, and a glass of white wine. Serve with flaked seasalt and dried red chili pepper flakes on the side.

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Ingredients

Under an hour
2 people
  1. Poundsteamer clams, about 20 per pound, shell on, juice in, or add oyster sauce
  2. 2Shallots
  3. 4 cloveslarge fresh Elephant garlic or garlic confit
  4. 1 cupFresh italian flat Parsley
  5. 1/4 poundlinguini noodles per person: pinch of seasalt, 2 Tbs luke warm water, 1 egg white, add and kneed cup of semolina or all purpose flour 1 Tbs at a time till dough is firm
  6. Extra Flour to dust the dough work surface and rolled out dough
  7. 1Meyer lemon, unpeeled, added in large wedges or slices, remove when served
  8. Spray of Olive oil
  9. 1 Tbsghee
  10. 2 glasseswhite cooking wine
  11. Table side Maldon flaked seasalt
  12. Table side Dried red chili pepper flakes
  13. Equipment: deep cast iron skillet, wok, thongs, bamboo skewers or chopsticks
  14. Cost: clams $2, cooking wine 40 cents, noodles 40 cents, vegetables & spices 20 cents, $1.50 per dinner

Cooking Instructions

Under an hour
  1. 1

    Use your fingers to make a fresh noodle dough ball with pinch of seasalt, egg white, luke warm water and all purpose flour, mix till dry, add heaping Tbs flour till you have a firm ball, roll out twice as thin as fettucini to make linguini on flour dusted cutting board, about 0.4 millimeters, the thickness of an american dime. Let dry on the cutting board, 5 minutes, flip, dust other side, dry 5 more minutes.

  2. 2

    Make a pancake roll around a bamboo skewer or chop stick, cut in 0.4 mm wide slices, about 1/8 inch. Unroll, hang the noodles to straighten on bamboo skewers or chop sticks, few minutes.

  3. 3

    Bring 2 quarts water to boil, add and boil the fresh noodles till ready, about 5 minutes. Test the linguini by squeezing a strand between your fingers. Ready when it splits. Lift noodles in collander with thongs. Leave just enough water in pan to immerse clams, bring to boil till they open, about 5 minutes. Taste broth. If you want stronger broth, add Tbs oyster sauce. Discard closed shells.

  4. 4

    Chop the shallot, garlic or garlic confit and parsley fine and glaze in olive oil in cast iron skillet, one minute. Add cooking wine, add lemon, add ghee, bring to boil. Now add clams in their broth. Simmer. Taste, when fragrant, add noodles, stir to absorb the wine sauce. Serve with bread, flaked seasalt and dried red chili pepper seeds on the side. Dip bread in wine sauce. Enjoy

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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