Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1 dozen littleneck clams
1 dozen large mussels
1/4 cup dry white wine
olive or salad oil
1 medium-sized onion, diced
1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
1 pound medium-sized shrimp, shelled and deveined
salt
1 28-ounce can tomatoes
1 7-ounce jar roasted sweet red peppers, drained and chopped
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 16-ounce package linguine or thin spaghetti
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Directions: |
Directions:About 1/1/4 Hours Before Serving
1. With stiff brush, scrub clams and mussels with running cold water - to remove any sand; remove beards from mussels. In 5-quart saucepot or Dutch oven over high heat, heat clams, mussels, wine, and 3/4 cup water to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until shells open, 5 minutes.
2. With slotted spoon, remove clams and mussels to large bowl; reserve cooking broth. Rinse clams and mussels in their shells in cooking broth to remove and sand; set aside. Let broth stand a while until sand settles at bottom of saucepot. Carefully pour clear broth into a bowl (about 1 1/2 ); discard any sand. Wipe saucepot clean.
3. In same saucepot over medium-high heat, in 1/4 cup hot olive or salad oil, cook onion and garlic until tender; with slotted spoon, remove onion and garlic to plate; set aside. In oil remaining in saucepot, cook shrimp and 1/2 teaspoon salt until shrimp turn pink, about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently. With slotted spoon, remove shrimp to bowl with clams and mussels.
4. To drippings remaining in saucepot, add tomatoes with their liquid, roasted sweet red peppers, tomato paste, oregano, crushed red pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, reserved cooking broth, onion, and garlic. over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes to blend flavors.
5.While sauce is simmering, prepare linguine as label directs; drain. Place linguine on large platter.
6. To serve, stir clams, mussels, and shrimp into tomato sauce; heat through. Pour sauce over linguine; toss before serving. Makes 6 main-dish servings.
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