Asparagus Clam Spaghetti
By: Julia Delrieu
Published: Monday, November 7, 2011 - 6:23pm

Ingredients




fresh italian parsley, salt and pepper
4 oz of frozen clams per person
4 garlic cloves
6 oz cream 15% is okay)
4 oz of green asparagus (1/2 bunch)
4 oz of white asparagus (1/2 bunch)
2 small tomatoes per person
white wine for taste (about 1 big glass)
12 oz spaghetti spaghetti

Preparation

1 Cut the stems of the white and green asparagus 2 Cook them for 5 minutes on high temperature in a frying pan with a lid in water (the asparagus should only be half submerged in water) 3 Take them out of the water, cut them in thirds. Reserve. 4 Slice the garlic very thinly and cook them in the water until the garlic becomes transparent (medium heat) 5 Add the clams, wait a couple of minutes and put the asparagus back in (medium heat) 6 Add salt and pepper and cook until it's practically dry 7 Start the water for you pasta (in a different pan, obviously) 8 Add half a glass of wine 9 Add fresh cream 10 Stir gently on a low heat until the cream thickens 11 Add parsley and keep on stirring for a couple of minutes 12 Remove from the heat and add chopped tomatoes 13 A couple of minutes before the pasta is cooked, strain it, reserve some of the cooking water, and combine both into the sauce 14 Cook for the remaining of pasta cooking time

About

We're 2 cooks at home, and this is my husband's sunday night creation.
A great recipe to load up on iron and vitamine K !
No parmesan on this, but we recommend sprinkling some ricotta on the pasta right before serving