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Recipe: Fregula with Clams and Chilis

Categories: New, Text, Import

Yield: 1 Servings

      4 tb Extra virgin olive oil
      1 md Red onion, thinly sliced
      4    Cloves garlic, thinly sliced
      2 oz Prosciutto, in 1/8" dice
      1 lb Tiny clams, cockles or
           -- manilas, scrubbed and
           -- rinsed
      1 c  Dry white wine
      1 c  Chicken stock
      1 pn Saffron
    1/2 c  Basic tomato sauce
      1 tb Hot chili flakes
      1 lb Dried saffron
      1 bn Italian parsley, leaves
           -- removed, but whole

Bring 6 quarts water to boil and add 2 tablespoons salt.

In a 12 to 14-inch frying pan, heat olive oil to smoking over medium high heat. Add onion, garlic and prosciutto and saute until softened. Add clams, white wine, saffron, chicken stock and tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, cook fregula according to package

instructions, roughly 20 minutes. Drain and add to clam pot and cook until texture and liquidity resemble risotto. Add chili flakes and parsley, stir through and serve.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: Molto Mario MB1D24 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #620 by Sue <suechef@sover.net> on May 26, 1997


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