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Clam and Soyrizo Pasta

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I acknowledge that soyrizo might sound sketchy, but it works really well here.

Always a fast, full-flavored weekday meal with super flexible options for fresh or canned ingredients, meat or soy.

Adapted from a Rhode Island restaurant featured onĀ Diners, Drive Inns and Dives.
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Ingredients

1 package of linguine, or your favorite sturdy pasta.
Penne, rotini, cavatappi and fusilli all work well.

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Olive oil
1/2 a soyrizo or chorizo, sliced
2 shallots, thinly sliced
3-4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
Red pepper flakes, to your taste

1 can of clams with liquid
OR
About 20 fresh clams
About ⅓ cup of white wine (optional)
1 can of corn, drained
OR
Two big ears of fresh corn, cut from the cob

1 container of grape tomatoes, sliced in half
Green olives (optional)
Salt and pepper, to taste

A handful of fresh basil, sliced into ribbons

What To Do

Cook pasta per directions, but until just under al dente. Reserve a few ladles of pasta water for later.

Drain pasta and set aside.

Drizzle olive oil into a a large sauté pan that has a lid. Toss in garlic, shallots, soy/cho-rizo, clams, and red pepper flakes and cook, but do not let the garlic burn. Add white wine if you have it. 


If using fresh clams: Put the lid over the sauté pan let the clams cook and open.

If using canned clams: Make sure everything is heated thoroughly and not quite boiling.

Add corn and tomatoes and cook a little more until the tomatoes start to soften.

Add pasta to pan and if needed, a ladle of pasta water. The pasta should start to cling a bit to the sauce components. Add green olives if you are using them. Toss in basil ribbons, and combine gently.

Eat and be happy.

Notes

  • A friend recommended Soyrizo. While I'm still not a fan of its texture as a standalone sausage, it works extremely well for a ground meat flavoring agent, and is considerably less oily that its meaty original.
  • Great for a warm winter meal using canned vegetables and clams, and fabulous in the summer with fresh clams and when corn is in season.

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