vongolen.adj.
/ˈvɒŋɡəleɪ/, U.S. /ˈvɑŋɡəˌleɪ/ Cookery.
A. n.
1. With plural agreement. A kind of edible clam Venerupis decussata (family Veneridae), found in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean and used in Italian cookery.
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1841 tr. ‘Valery’ Italy & its Comforts xiii. 120 The frutti sought for by more delicate palates are the ancine, the cannolichi, and..the vongole; this last is excellent in soups, or mixed with macaroni and butter.
1908 Washington Post 13 Sept. 15/2 Let's go get some macaroni with the ‘Vongole’.
1958 E. David in Vogue Sept. 258/4 The orange vongole and cannestrelle, which have been pried out of their shells and heaped into baskets.
1985 Gourmet Dec. 24/3 The same pasta is..excellent with vongole.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 138 You can use venus clams, but palourdes or vongole are what you're after.
2003 Guardian 11 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 73/3 I love these plump, marine-sweet molluscs—so superior to the Italian vongole, in my opinion.
2. With singular agreement. A dish or sauce made from these; esp. pasta served with clams and a light sauce of olive oil, garlic, and sometimes tomatoes.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] > shell-fish or crustacean dishes
musculadea1475
oyster loaf1747
clambake1835
lobster Newburg1914
tempura1920
moules marinière1928
scampi1930
lobster thermidor1933
shrimp cocktail1937
étouffée1958
chao tom1969
vongole1977
stuffie1980
1977 Washingtonian Mar. 180/2 The kitchen's tendency is to overcook. The exceptions are the capellini or ziti. Sometimes the vongole seems fresh.
1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 13 Mar. c5 The vongole, with a generous serving of clams atop the linguini, was tender.
1995 R. Gray & R. Rogers River Cafe Cook Bk. (1996) ii. 59 Our Italian friends would not dream of serving a carbonara sauce with any other pasta than penne, or a vongole with anything other than spaghetti.
2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Nov. 22/4 No, you can't have cheese on your vongole.
B. adj.
Designating any of various Italian dishes, esp. pasta, made with clams. Often as a postmodifier.
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1888 E. N. Rolfe & H. Ingleby Naples in 1888 iii. 38 What visitor has ever gone outside his hotel for his meals without trying the Vongole soup.
1933 San Antonio (Texas) Light 16 Apr. iv. 5/5 How about spaghetti Vongole—whatever that is.
1967 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 4 May 38/5 Salsa vongole is a quick and delicious sauce which can be made in about 3 minutes.
1994 Minnesota Monthly Feb. 28/2 The vongole (clam) pasta with red sauce was a wonderful blend of the flavors of field-grown tomatoes and herbs with briny clams.
2013 New Yorker 27 May 18/2 The linguini vongole you can have..pink or white.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1841