Leone’s Clam Sauce For Pasta
From elgourmand2 8 years ago
- 30 Min. to make
- Serves 4
I adapted this recipe from one in Leone’s Italian Cookbook. Mama Leone started and ran Leone’s until her death, almost 40 years later. I got the cookbook from her son, Gene, who admits she was a tyrant in the kitchen (long story). Read more I simplified the recipe some but it’s still complicated. However, if you want authentic and fantastic Italian food, just follow the bouncing ball. See less
Ingredients
- • 2 cups Medium size fresh clams, steamed. Canned if you must. shopping list
- • 3 Tbs. Olive oil. shopping list
- • 3 Tbs. butter shopping list
- • 2-3 strips smoked bacon, diced. shopping list
- • ¾ cup peeled & diced onion. shopping list
- • ½ cup fresh clam juice. shopping list
- • 1 Tbs. tomato paste. shopping list
- • 2 good sized garlic cloves, peeled, mashed & chopped. shopping list
- • 12 fresh Parsley sprigs, leaves only, chopped. shopping list
- • ½ tsp. fresh ground pepper. shopping list
- • Pinch of crushed red pepper. shopping list
- • ¼ cup dry red wine. shopping list
- • 3 Tbs. freshly grated Parmesan cheese. shopping list
- • 6 small ripe tomatoes or 1 cup Italian canned pealed plum tomatoes, crushed. shopping list
- • 1/3 tsp. salt. shopping list
- • ½ tsp. dried Oregano. shopping list
- • 6 anchovy fillets, mashed with a fork. shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Steam the clams and remove from the shell. Set aside and reserve the juice.
- 2. Combine olive oil, butter & bacon in a sauce pan & heat.
- 3. Add onions & cook until onions are light brown.
- 4. Chop garlic & parsley together & add to the pan with the red & black pepper.
- 5. Stir & cook a bit.
- 6. Add the clams and wine, clam juice and tomato paste, stir, cover & simmer for 5 minutes.
- 7. Add the cheese, chopped tomatoes, salt & oregano.
- 8. Stir to mix well, cover & simmer for 15 minutes, stirring a couple times.
- 9. Taste for cooking & salt, adjust if needed.
- 10. Turn off the heat & add the mashed anchovies. Stir well & serve over pasta of your choice.
- This goes well with heaver pasta like Ziti, rigatoni or mostaccioli.
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