Remember my Italian sweet basil plant that I told you weeks ago?
Thanks to my nurturing hands, it’s blooming, growing, and abundant with leaves. Sometimes, I just pluck the leaves and straight away they go into my mouth.
They are a quick pick-me-up and great as a palate-cleanser especially after some spice-laden Malaysian food. But the highlight has to be my newly “invented” recipe that makes good use of them–complete with my favorite clams!–capellini with cockle clams and lemon butter sauce.
I got the inspiration when I went to a cafe with my co-workers a few weeks ago. The capellini dish that I had was topped with shrimp and spinach in butter sauce.
I made a slight twist and replaced the shrimp with cockle clams, used sweet basil leaves instead of spinach, and added lemon juice for some extra zest…
This dish was bursting with the briny taste of cockle clams, the freshness of diced roma tomatoes and sweet basil leaves, all happily married in an inviting and light lemon butter sauce. It was really good and I am very happy with my new “invention.”
If you love capellini, do try out my recipe. :)
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How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 437 calories per serving.
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Capellini with Cockle Clams and Lemon Butter Sauce - bursting with flavor -- the freshness of diced roma tomatoes and sweet basil leaves, all happily married in a light lemon butter sauce.Capellini
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information
Yield
3
Serving Size
3 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 437Total Fat 46gSaturated Fat 29gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 128mgSodium 242mgCarbohydrates 3gSugar 1gProtein 4g
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