Carpet-shell clams
Vongole veraci are clams used with spaghetti, while the common name can cover more than one Ruditapes species.
- Italian name
- Vongole veraci
- Species named in Veneto rules
- R. decussatus and R. philippinarum
At the table
Barilla’s spaghetti recipe combines vongole veraci with garlic and oil, then finishes the pasta in the clam pan with cooking water. Veneto’s bivalve rules name both Ruditapes decussatus and Ruditapes philippinarum as veraci. Check the product’s species and origin information: the common name alone identifies neither a single species nor a Tyrrhenian origin. Follow a complete cooking method.
