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Pasta with Shoyu Butter Clam Sauce

Salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 cup minced onion
3 garlic cloves, sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 (6.5ounce) cans chopped clams in clam juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
freshly ground black pepper
12 ounces dried pasta
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
olive oil
lemon juice

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season it lightly with salt.

In a large skillet or Dutch oven, heat the oil and butter over medium heat until the butter is melted. Add the onion, garlic, and soy sauce and fry gently until the onion is fully wilted, about 3 minutes.

Set a sieve over a bowl–the bowl will be there to catch the clam juice. Open the cans of clams and pour them into the sieve, reserving the juice. (If you have whole clams, just chop them up).

Add the lemon zest to the skillet and stir gently. Add the chopped clams and season liberally with black pepper. Reduce the heat to low and stir occasionally.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta. Set a timer for 2 minutes short of the recommended cooking time.

Once the timer goes off, add the clam juice to the skillet with the clams and increase the heat to high. Reserving some of the pasta water, immediately drain the pasta and transfer it to the pan. Simmer it together with the clam mixture, stirring constantly, until the clam juice is absorbed into the pasta. If the juice is absorbed and the pata is not cooked to your desired texture, add a little reserved pasta water and keep cooking for a minute or two longer. Stir in the parsley and more black pepper and toss it together.

To serve, transfer it to bowls and eat it immediately, topped with a drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.