Spaghetti with garlicky, buttery clams

Spaghetti with garlicky, buttery clams with fresh parsley and a squeeze of lemon 🍋 the perfect light, yet luxurious and quick dinner to make you feel like you’re having dinner on the coast, overlooking the ocean with a glass of dry white wine 🥂🌊

You’ll need 450g fresh clams, 100-150ml melted butter, 1 or 2 garlic cloves chopped (or more if you like it strong), enough spaghetti for 2 people, bunch of parsley leaves chopped, 1 lemon cut in half and a pinch of salt 🧂

Clean your clams before you cook, even if they’ve been cleaned, doesn’t hurt to clean them twice. Pop them in a bowl of cold tap water covered over all of them, and leave them for 10-20 minutes to spit their sand out. Drain then once done. Boil the water for your pasta and add in the pinch of salt. Put the pasta in to cook. While you boil the pasta, pour your butter into a pan and add in your chopped garlic, sautéing for a few minutes to let the aroma come out of the garlic and mix with the butter. Place your drained clams into the garlic butter pan and cover with a lid. The clams should take about 7-10 minutes to open and steam, and your pasta should be ready at the same time. Once your pasta is ready, drain it and toss in with the opened clams, and sauce they are in. Sprinkle parsley on top and plate with a squeeze of fresh lemon for some zest! You can add cream or grated parmesan or Romano cheese to make this a bit heavier, but with the butter, it’s absolute perfection.

I’m absolutely obsessed with bringing restaurant style seafood dishes home, and clams have to be my favourite to make as they are so easy to cook, yet bring a salty, springy flavour to a somewhat simple pasta dish! Also did you notice that one spag in the middle that’s pointing right at the camera? It’s driving me up the wall 🙈