Pasta & noodles
Clam Carbonara
Silk sauce, smoky bacon, sweet clam
- 25 min
- Medium
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 8 razor clams, chopped
- 8 oz spaghetti
- 3 egg yolks + 1 whole egg
- 3/4 cup grated pecorino
- 4 oz bacon or pancetta, diced
- Black pepper — a lot
Method
- Crisp the bacon; kill the heat, leave it in the pan.
- Whisk eggs, cheese and pepper in a bowl.
- Cook spaghetti; reserve a cup of water.
- Hot pasta into the bacon pan with clams, 60 seconds; off heat, add egg mix and a splash of water, tossing fast.
- Toss until it coats like cream — never over flame.
Tip. The residual heat cooks the clams and the egg — timing is everything, so have it all staged.
Start with how to clean a razor clam if your clams are still in the shell. Washington's daily limit is the first 15 you dig, so most recipes here are sized for one limit or less.
Dig them first.
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