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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 8 people, you will need:

1 2 kgs cockles
2 1 kg spaghetti
3 8 tablespoons olive oil
4 parsley
5 500 g liquid cream
Total weight: 3,620 grams

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46 min.	13 min.	59 min.

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Stage 1 - 30 min.

Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley

Prepare and cook 2 kgs 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 8 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 500 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
5,860 Kcal or 24,535 Kj	160 gr	692 gr	270 gr
293 %	62 %	65 %	41 %

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 8 people : 15.58 €
Per person : 1.95 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prepare cockles, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Tagliatelle with cockles, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Crusty cockle tart, ... All
	Spaghetti: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spaghetti with smoked salmon, Spaghetti with tomatoes and pesto, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Spaghetti Carbonara, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Chocolate mug cake, Gratin with Parmesan flavours, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beef braised in reduced red wine, Green avocado salad, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Olive and pesto bread, ... All

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