Italian
Curzùl with Clams
by Gambero Rosso · 452K subscribers on YouTube
A rustic handmade pasta from Romagna, thick and irregular, served with a clam sauce. The dough is made with eggs and semolina, rolled out with a rolling pin, cut into thick strips, and combined with sautéed clams, garlic, shallot, and parsley.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
11 itemsMethod
- On a work surface, mix 00 flour, pasta flour, and semolina. Make a well.
- Break three eggs into the well. Beat with a fork, gradually incorporating the flour from the edges.
- Knead the dough until smooth and elastic. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, purge the clams in salted cold water for 2-3 hours.
- In a pan, sauté garlic and parsley in olive oil.
- Add the clams, cover, and cook until they open. Remove from heat.
- Shell some clams, leaving others in shells. Strain the clam cooking liquid.
- In another pan, melt butter with olive oil and sauté finely chopped shallot until soft.
- Roll out the rested dough with a rolling pin into a sheet about 2 mm thick.
- Dust the sheet with flour, roll it up, and cut into strips about 2 mm wide (the curzùl).
- Unroll the strips and spread them on a floured surface.
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Just before dropping the pasta, add the clam cooking liquid to the shallot pan.
- Drop the curzùl into the boiling water and cook until al dente.
- Add the clams (shelled and in shells) to the pan with shallot.
- Drain the pasta and add it to the pan. Toss to combine.
- Add chopped fresh parsley and mix.
- Serve the pasta, topping with toasted breadcrumbs.
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