Great Eats with Petes

This recipe is one of my mother’s. I was just craving it like crazy the other day so, I went ahead and made it. For those of you who knew my mother she didn’t cook with recipes. In fact, when she had a recipe to follow she would mess it up. She couldn’t cook mac and cheese from a box to save her life. However, my mother knew her food, especially her Italian food. I remember the day I called her to ask her how to make this recipe. I was a senior in college and hadn’t been home in a while and wanted her food. I called her and her response was “I don’t know, a little of this, a little of that. I’ll think about it and call you back.” Yea, that call took a long time to come. She eventually figured out what she put in it. You should see what the recipe looked like when I wrote it down all those years ago. But here it is for you written down in a normal language. I’ve been told, in confidence, that it is actually better then hers Enjoy!

1 box linguine

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 small onion, minced

5 cloves garlic, minced

1 28 0z can of crushed tomatoes

3 small or 1 big can of whole clams (juiced drained into a bowl) I bought chopped by accident

1/2 cup white wine

1 bay leaf

1 tsp crushed red pepper

Pepper

Salt

1 tablespoon parsley, minced

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add salt then linguine. Cook until al dente.

Heat a large saute pan over medium hear. Add olive oil and butter to the pan. Add onion, sautee until onions are translucent. Add in garlic and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant.

Stir in crushed tomatoes. Cook for about 10 minutes. Stir in reserved clam broth. Stir in bay leaf. Cook for 30 minutes. After 10 minutes add white wine. After the 30 minutes, add crushed red peppers and salt and pepper to tasted. Add clams. Cook 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley.

Add linguine and toss to combine.

Serve warm. Enjoy with some good garlic bread!