Quick And Easy Clam Sauce For Pasta

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 onion, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1 (6 1/2 ounce) can minced clams
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 ounces dry fettuccine or 4 ounces linguine or 4 ounces spaghetti
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 saute onion and garlic in butter.
• 2 blend in flour.
• 3 drain clams and reserve juices. add minced clams and milk to the onion and garlic.
• 4 simmer 10 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 if you desire a thicker sauce, make a slurry of cornstarch and milk.
• 6 add a little at a time to the sauce, stirring, until the desired thickness. use the reserved clam juices to thin the sauce if need be.
• 7 meanwhile, cook pasta al dente in boiling salted water.
• 8 serve sauce over pasta.
• 9 top with parsley.
• 10 pass grated parmesan.