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Christmas in an Italian family often means two things, feasting and family. Christmas is a time for ‘abbondanza’, literally ‘abundance’, and whilst every Australian Italian family has their own unique cultural traditions for Christmas, one thing most Italian families have in common is that food and family are the centre of celebrations for Christmas.
For my family, the festive celebrations normally begin every year at Christmas Eve “La Vigilia di Natale”. Catholic tradition involves abstaining from consuming meat the day before Christmas, therefore our Christmas Eve menu, as for many Italian families, always consists primarily of fish and seafood. Growing up, my parents kept this tradition partly for religious reasons and partly, I think, to keep all of us connected to their birth homeland - Italy.
Dinner on Christmas Eve, 'La Vigilia di Natale', at our place ALWAYS begins with pasta con le vongole e pomodoro (spaghetti with clams in red sauce). In this month’s B&C Journal we share one of my favourite Italian Christmas Eve dishes, “Pasta con le Vongole”.
Wishing you all the best over the festive season! Buon Natale!
Robert Fonti
Director, Balnei & Colina
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There are several variations of this recipe but I wanted to share my grandmother’s version which we all love.
Pasta con le Vongole - Pasta with clams
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
500g of spaghetti, or linguine pasta
Clam Sauce
700g pounds fresh pasta clams, cleaned and chilled
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup white wine
Pasta Sauce
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
½ medium onion, large chunks
2 litres tomato passata (tomato puree) - Try Mutti Pasta sauce available from Coles or Woolworths
3 Freshly Chopped Roma tomatoes finely chopped
2 tsps salt
½ tsp chili flakes
Chopped parsley for sprinkling
INSTRUCTIONS
Nonna always served this meal with garlic bread and a bottle of red wine, perfect complements to this dish.
Buon appetito!
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