Arselle Or Telline
By: Oriana
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 11:06pm

Ingredients




Ingredients

3 pounds of arselle (tiny clams)
 mature tomatoes
2 garlic clove
1 handful off flat leaves parsley
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
Salt and chilli

Preparation

1 Purge the arselle (tiny clams) in a bowl full of clean sea water for about 4 hours. 2 Sauté finely minced garlic together with chilli in a large pan. Add sliced tomatoes. Let it go medium  fire for about 10 minutes, stirring now and then. 3 Add the arselle, cover the pan with a lid. Wait till they are all open. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Salt if needed. Serve hot on toasted Tuscan bread or use them as spaghetti sauce. 4 You’ll love them !

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If you're by the beach in Versilia, Tuscany, start digging underneath the sand and you'll find these tiny clams known as telline or arselle.
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