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Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley

Parsley-flavored spaghetti with cockles, tied together with a creamy sauce made from the cockles cooking juices.

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Last modified on: October 29^th 2023

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg cockles
2 500 g spaghetti
3 4 tablespoons olive oil
4 parsley
5 250 g liquid cream
Total weight: 1,810 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
46 min.	13 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley

Prepare and cook 1 kg cockles.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Remove all the shells, place the cockles in a bowl, and reserve a small glass of their cooking juices.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Cook the pasta for 3 minutes less than scheduled (it will cook again in the pan), then drain.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

In a large frying pan over high heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and when hot, add the parsley stems (set the leaves aside).

Cook for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, as the oil will take on the taste of the parsley.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Pour in the spaghetti, stir for 1 minute, then remove and discard the parsley stems.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Pour in 250 g liquid cream and the glass of cockle juice and mix well.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add the cockles and chopped parsley.

Stir again for 1 or 2 minutes, just long enough to reheat the cockles.

Stage 8

Serve immediately.

Remarks

You could also use other shellfish, such as mussels or clams.

For a thicker, creamier sauce, add 1/2 ladle of starch-rich spaghetti cooking water to the cockle cooking juices in step 6.

Keeping

Enjoy immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,930 Kcal or 12,267 Kj	80 gr	346 gr	135 gr
147 %	31 %	33 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
162 Kcal or 678 Kj	4 gr	19 gr	7 gr
8 %	2 %	2 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
733 Kcal or 3,069 Kj	20 gr	87 gr	34 gr
37 %	8 %	8 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 7.79 €
Per person : 1.95 €

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	Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fisherman's Ragout, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Crusty cockle tart, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, ... All
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