Spaghetti Vongole by @recipearce

If you’re looking for midweek recipe inspiration, look no further than @recipearce, our go-to Instagram account for delicious and simple recipes. Run by one of our favourite local couples, who are also the brains behind The Grounds of Cabarita and Blackboard Coffee, the page features step-by-step videos so you can easily follow along at home. We couldn’t resist sharing one of their recipes with you, styled alongside our Upcycled Tableware. Next time you have a pasta craving, why not try this quick and easy spaghetti vongole, featuring local pipis collected from our Co-Founder Victoria’s secret spot…

Spaghetti Vongole

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4

Approx. 500g of pipis

Handful of parsley

110g of baby capers

1 lemon

Chili flakes

3 cloves of garlic

Butter

Pasta

Pepper

Salt

METHOD:

  1. Finely chop parsley and put into bowl

  2. Roughly chop capers and add to bowl

  3. Add zest and juice lemon, and a sprinkle of chili flakes into bowl

  4. Finely chop cloves of garlic

  5. Add 2-3 tablespoons of butter into pan with garlic

  6. Then put pipis in with lid on until majority of them are open. Ours took 6 minutes

  7. Cook pasta

  8. Add pasta to pan once cooked and mix

  9. Add another tablespoon of butter through, with a crack of pepper and a pinch of salt

  10. Give it a mix and serve

Lifestyle, D.I.Y, recipesOlivia Morrow