Drunken Clams over Cappellini

Name: Drunken Clams over Cappellini
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams capellini or angel hair pasta; 340 grams beer; 1 Tbsp butter; 36 smalls clams in shells, scrubbed; 177 milliliters roasted garlic cloves; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 59 milliliters grated Parmesan; 59 milliliters freshly chopped parsley leaves; 4 servings Mixed green salad and bottled dressing, for serving, optional; 118 milliliters chopped shallots

Drunken Clams over Cappellini is a pescatarian main course. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 650 calories, 22g of protein, and 16g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 25 minutes. If you have angel hair pasta, roasted garlic cloves, salad and bottled dressing, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the beer you could follow this main course with the Guinness, Whiskey & Irish Cream Cupcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Cook capellini according to package directions.

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Meanwhile, heat oil and butter together in a large skillet.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Add shallots and 3/4 cup roasted garlic cloves saute 3 minutes, until shallots are soft.

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Roasted Garlic

Shallot

Clove

Add beer and bring to a simmer.

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Beer

Add clams, cover and simmer until shells open, about 5 minutes. Using tongs, remove 12 clams and reserve for another meal.

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Pasta Shells

Clams

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Drain capellini, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking water and add to clams in skillet, adding the reserved 1/2 cup pasta if necessary to "loosen" the sauce. Simmer 1 minute to heat through.

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