Linguini with Clams
- 3-4 Cups of flour
- 4 eggs
- salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 Dozen clams scrubbed and rinsed; discard any open shells
- 4 cups of water
- 1 cup of chardonnay wine
- 1 cup of cream
- 6 tbsp butter
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Pile 3 – 4 cups of flour onto a smooth work surface. Make a well in the middle of the flour. Break the eggs into the center of the well. Add a pinch of salt and the olive oil to the well. Pull the flour from the edges of the well into the center with one hand and stir with your fingers to make a batter while you support the outer wall of flour with your other hand to prevent the liquid from escaping the well. Continue incorporating the flour into the center well until your dough has formed. If need be, add a little more flour until the dough is stiff but pliable. Knead the dough until it is soft and silky, not sticky, 5 – 10 minutes. Wrap the dough and let the dough rest for 1 hour.
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Divide the dough into fist-sized pieces. Keep the pieces you are not working with covered. Flatten the dough with the heel of your hand. Set the rollers on your pasta maker wide open. Dust the dough with flour and run in through. Lay the flattened dough onto a lightly floured surface and fold the dough end over center from each side to make 3 layers. Lightly flour the top. Turn the dough 90 degrees and run it through the rollers again. Continue this process until the dough is very smooth and is shaped to the width of the pasta maker. Lay out your sheet of dough, lightly flour. Narrow the width of the rollers by one notch and run the dough through the rollers with one hand while you catch the dough at the other end with your other hand. Continue this process until you have reached the desired thinness of your pasta. Now move to the noodle cutting rollers in the front of the pasta maker. Coil your noodles onto a floured platter, cover and chill
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Put the clams into a 1 quart sauce pan with water and any liquid from the clams, strained. Add the white wine and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer for 5 minutes. Discard any clams that have not opened. Add the cream and butter and a speck of cayenne pepper. Evenly distribute the clams and sauce among the portions of cooked pasta. Garnish with freshly minced parsley.
Chef Ken Lomax has created this seafood celebration so that each course may serve as a meal in itself, or have a feast with the entire menu.