Name: Spaghettini with Fake Clam Sauce (Spaghettini alle Finte Vongole)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a main course or 6 as part of a multicourse Italian meal
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2 pounds fresh ripe tomatoes or 3 cups canned whole peeled tomatoes with their juice; 1 small clove garlic; 3 to 4 sprigs flat-leaf Italian parsley 5 anchovy fillets; Salt; 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 pound spaghettini

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a main course

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

About

This was a favorite in our house when I was growing up, and the following recipe is not very different from one my mother included in her first cookbook, The Classic Italian Cookbook. We used to call it “fake” clam sauce because it’s actually made with anchovies, although it tastes remarkably like clam sauce.