Progresso White Clam Sauce with Garlic & Herb, 15 oz, 6 Pack

Clam sauce splits into two camps. The red one is built on tomato; the white one leaves the clams, garlic, olive oil and parsley in charge, and it runs looser and brinier as a result, coating strands of linguine instead of sitting on top of them. This is the white one, with garlic and herb carried through the whole jar.

Progresso slow simmers Atlantic clams for it, and one 15 oz jar is sized to dress about 12 ounces of dry linguine — roughly six cups cooked, dinner for two or a starter for four. This listing is a six pack of jars.

Warm it gently while the pasta boils, then finish the drained linguine in the pan with the sauce for a minute so it takes some on; a splash of pasta water loosens things if they tighten. It also takes additions well — sliced garlic bloomed in oil, red pepper flakes, a squeeze of lemon, chopped parsley off the heat.