The Best Clam Sauce

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

This clam sauce is made with canned minced clams, clam juice, butter, and white wine simmered until thickened and served warm over linguine pasta.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package dried linguine
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
4 (6 1/2 ounce) cans minced clams
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons dry white wine
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1 Gather the ingredients.
2 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
3 Warm olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion and garlic in hot oil until onions are translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain cans of minced clams, reserving1/2 of the juice.
4 Stir clams, reserved juice, butter, wine, salt, and pepper into onion mixture. Simmer until sauce has reduced by 1/3 and has thickened, about 20 minutes.
5 Spoon clam sauce over linguine and serve.