Taste of Home
Red Clam Sauce
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Cook: 3 hours
YIELD: 4 servings.
This recipe tastes like an Italian restaurant specialty and cooks while you take care of other things. What a marvelous way to jazz up pasta sauce! —JoAnn Brown, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
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1 medium onion, chopped
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1 tablespoon canola oil
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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2 cans (6-1/2 ounces each) chopped clams, undrained
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1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
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1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
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1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
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1 bay leaf
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1 teaspoon sugar
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1 teaspoon dried basil
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1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
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Additional minced fresh parsley, optional
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6 ounces linguine, cooked and drained
Directions
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1.
In a small skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
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2.
Transfer to a 1-1/2- or 2-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the clams, tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, bay leaf, sugar, basil and thyme.
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3.
Cover and cook on low until heated through, 3-4 hours. Discard bay leaf. Serve with linguine. If desired, sprinkle with additional parsley.
Nutrition Facts
1 cup sauce with 3/4 cup cooked linguine: 305 calories, 5g fat (0 saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 553mg sodium, 53g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 7g fiber), 15g protein.
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