Clam Pasta

Submitted by Christina.  This is Dan's Mom's recipe. It's fast & easy, using canned clams.

1 box Italian angel hair pasta

2 cans chopped clams, 6.5 oz each

1 bottle clam juice

About 1/2 cup chopped parsley

5-6 cloves garlic, chopped

Olive oil

1. Cover the bottom of a saucepan with olive oil. Throw in the chopped garlic and cook on low heat about 5 minutes. Do not brown. 

2. Add the bottle of clam juice & cook on low heat about 1/2 hour.

3. Meanwhile, heat water & cook pasta al dente (4 minutes).

4. Throw in the clams in their juice, just to heat through. 

5. Throw in parsley at the very end. Salt & pepper to taste.

6. Put a serving of pasta in bowl. Ladle clams & juice over pasta. 

There will be more pasta than you need for the amount of sauce, so you can use 1/2 to 3/4 of the box if you don't want leftover plain pasta.

Serve. No cheese.