Spaghetti with Clams and Garlic

I was skeptical about the amount of liquid needed, especially compared to a MASSIVE lb of spaghetti.

Boy, I should have listened to my intuition. This was the worst recipe I've ever tried.

I added half the suggested spaghetti amount at first because I KNEW a fraction of the noodles would easily suck up the pitiful half cup of liquid like a dry sponge.

Look at the recipe... a lb of spaghetti and 1/2 cup of oil and water? What?

I'm not sure if something was misspelled or what, but I followed the instructions exactly. It was atrociously bland and so so dry. It needed so much more oil and salt to be edible. Imagine if I added the other half of the noodles.

Only 3 other reviews and 2 of them basically went their own way adding wine, cream, etc. No idea where the 700 other "reviews" came from because I assure you noone who followed this recipe as instructed liked it.

Do NOT waste your time or money. Its a shame good clams had to die for this survival food.

This recipe was super easy! I added white wine with the water and used a tad of butter. I finished it off with a 1/4 cup milk to make it slightly creamy. Topped with parm cheese. Absolutely delicious!

Absolutely delicious !! Made exactly as directed, except used half fish stock and half white wine, and added lemon juice and a bit of mizithra cheese at the very end. I like mine spicy, added a bit more pepper. Loved that this was an uncomplicated recipe, without the use of unnecessary butter and the such. Have extra, might top off with some fresh diced tomato...maybe not....just have a side salad :)) Fabulous thanks so much!

I made this exactly according to the recipe. I thought it would need salt but it did not. Delicious just as written.