LINGUINE with WHITE CLAM SAUCE

INGREDIENTS
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2 cups clams (minced)
2 cups clam juice
2 T. butter
2 garlic cloves (minced)
2 T. flour
1/4 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
1 t. thyme
salt & pepper (to taste)
1 lb. linguine

Heat the butter in a sauce pan, add the garlic and cook one minute.
Whisk in the flour, then stir in the clam juice.
Add all the seasonings and simmer for ten minutes.
Add the clams and continue to simmer just until they're heated through.
Serve over the hot linguine.
(Serves 4)