Summer Seafood Pasta

Name: Summer Seafood Pasta
Yield: 3
Ingredients: ½ pound pasta, your choice (I would like to try using a small pasta next time, like orecchiette); 1 pound littleneck clams, cleaned; ½ to ¾ cup flour; water (for soaking the clams); 2 baby octopus, cleaned; ¼ cup olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; ½ cup white wine (you can also use vegetable broth); 1 24.5-ounce can diced tomatoes; ½ teaspoon dried oregano; ½ teaspoon dried thyme; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes (I used 1 teaspoon, maybe even 1½ teaspoons, because I like it spicy); ¼ teaspoon dried basil; pinch cayenne pepper; ¼ cup crème fraiche or sour cream; ½ lemon (optional); Parmigiano-Reggiano (optional)

Summer Seafood Pasta was pinched from <a href="http://crepesofwrath.net/2010/08/09/summer-seafood-pasta/" target="_blank">crepesofwrath.net.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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½ pound pasta, your choice (I would like to try using a small pasta next time, like orecchiette)

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1 pound littleneck clams, cleaned

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½ to ¾ cup flour

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water (for soaking the clams)

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2 baby octopus, cleaned

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¼ cup olive oil

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2 cloves garlic, minced

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2 tablespoons unsalted butter

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1 large onion, diced

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4 cloves garlic, minced

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½ cup white wine (you can also use vegetable broth)

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1 24.5-ounce can diced tomatoes

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½ teaspoon dried oregano

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½ teaspoon dried thyme

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½ teaspoon kosher salt

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½ teaspoon ground black pepper

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½ teaspoon red pepper flakes (I used 1 teaspoon, maybe even 1½ teaspoons, because I like it spicy)

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¼ teaspoon dried basil

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pinch cayenne pepper

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¼ cup crème fraiche or sour cream

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½ lemon (optional)

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Parmigiano-Reggiano (optional)

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