The Pasta Chronicles: Part IV

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As for the best fresh or egg pastas, we shall learn more about those in upcoming posts.


Today's recipe comes straight from CheeseB grand-mère Modesta Pristine. The question was this-- what is the best sauce to compliment the Scialatielli al Limone, pretty lengths of delicate, lemon-infused pasta?

Her instructions:
Begin with some garlic in olive oil, then add cherry tomatoes, but be careful as they are delicate. Add the jar of clams (in clam juice), then it can sit a little and let the flavours mingle. Cook pasta al dente (of course!) and simply top with the sauce. Nothing more complicated than that.

Cherry tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil

I also threw in a splash of white wine, a bit more olive oil, and freshly ground pepper and sea salt. Then a little of the Italian parsley. I hope Modesta would approve-- I suspect that she is a very good cook!

A perfect plate of Pasta

The lemony pasta was delicious and exactly what is needed for a seafood-based sauce such as this. Served with white wine, it was absolutely heavenly. Those jarred clams (from CheeseB) are nice meaty little things, and provide a rich liquid for the sauce. Good to the last drop.

Ingredients:

La Fabbrica Della Pasta di Gragnano Scialatielli al Limone
Jar of clams in their own juice
Cherry tomatoes
Italian Parsley
Garlic
Olive oil
Salt, Pepper