GOOD NEIGHBORS

( Dinner )

 Our wonderful next door neighbor Karin had a BIG birthday party while we were gone - we were sorry to miss it! - and had all these clams left over. She saw us grilling out burgers yesterday and called to see if we wanted to put then on the grill. Now, I know nothing about grilling clams, oysters YES, but not clams. So, i went old school " Ode to Camille's " and went Linguine with White Clam Sauce.

 ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

a couple ( or more  ) of Anchovies
2¼ lb. littleneck clams, cleaned
⅓ cup dry white wine
½ tsp. crushed red chile flakes
1 lb. linguine, cooked to al dente, plus ½ cup cooking water, reserved
2 tbsp. finely chopped parsley
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
3 tbsp. unsalted butter

Put your water on to boil for your pasta

When the water is boiling strong, salt well and add linguini

then-

Oil in pan, add garlic and anchovies

cook for a couple of min - DO NOT burn garlic

When it smells very garlicy add clams, chili flakes and wine - shake pot and mix them all around

They should open in the time it takes the pasta to cook, but dont sweat it if they dont...

Pull out the open clams, chop or dont, and add the al dente pasta to sauce, add pasta water and butter - s/p to taste, but be careful, you used anchovies and the salted pasta water. Mix all around and eat.

We ate out on Karin's back porch