Pasta & noodles
Garlic Butter Clam Fettuccine
Weeknight-easy, crowd-level results
- 20 min
- Easy
- Serves 3
Ingredients
- 10 razor clams, chopped
- 12 oz fettuccine
- 6 tbsp butter, 5 garlic cloves, minced
- Zest + juice of 1 lemon
- Parsley, parmesan
Method
- Cook the fettuccine; save some water.
- Melt butter, bloom the garlic 90 seconds — no browning.
- Add lemon juice, zest and a ladle of pasta water; simmer 1 minute.
- Toss in pasta, then clams for the last minute.
- Parsley and a snow of parmesan.
Tip. Butter + starchy water shaken hard = instant sauce that clings.
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