Recipe: Cherry tomato red clam sauce with linguine

Ingredients

• Salt
• 1 pound linguine
• 3 tablespoons EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)
• 5 to 6 anchovies
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 pint small cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 sprigs of oregano, leaves stripped and finely chopped
• A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
• Black pepper
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 3 pounds Manila clams, scrubbed
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, torn