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Spaghetti with clams, fennel and a hint of chilli

Serves: 4

2011-11-14

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 25g butter
  • 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and finely chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 glass white wine
  • 800g clams, cleaned and washed
  • 400g spaghetti, cooked
  • 3 tbsp chopped parsley
  • Zest and juice of a lemon

Method

Heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan, and gently sweat together the fennel, onion, garlic and chili for about 10 minutes, till soft. Add the clams, fresh thyme, white wine and season well. Place on the lid and continue to cook for a few minutes, shaking the clams around from time to time. When the clams are almost cooked, add in the chopped parsley, lemon zest and juice, and the cooked spaghetti and cook for a further minute. Serve immediately in large pasta bowls.
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Spaghetti bl-arżell, bużbież u filfel

Ingredients

  • mgħarfa żejt taż-żebbuġa
  • 25g butir
  • basla tal-bużbież, imnaddfa mill-weraq tagħha u mqattgħa rqiq
  • basla, mqattgħa rqiq
  • 6 sinniet tewm, imqattgħin irqiq;
  • filfel, imqatta’ rqiq
  • 2 jew 3 biċċiet sagħtar frisk
  • tazza nbid abjad
  • 800g arzell, imnaddaf u maħsul
  • 400g spagetti, mgħolli
  • 3 mgħaref tursin, imqatta’
  • il-qoxra maħkuka u l-meraq ta’ lumija

Method

Saħħan iż-żejt u l-butir f’taġen kbir u qalli flimkien il-bużbież, il-basla, it-tewm u l-filfel għal madwar 10 minuti, sakemm jirtabu. Żid l-arzell, is-sagħtar mill-art u l-inbid, u ħawwar tajjeb. Għatti t-taġen u kompli sajjar għal ftit minuti oħra. Ħawwad l-arzell minn ħin għal ieħor. Meta dan ikun kważi sar, itfa’ t-tursin imqatta’, il-qoxra u l-meraq tal-lumija u l-ispagetti li tkun għallejt minn qabel. Sajjar għal minuta oħra u servi mill-ewwel fi platti fondi għall-għaġin.

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