White Clam Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium onion
1 to 3 cloves garlic, pressed
3 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. flour
3 (6 1/2 oz. each) cans minced clams (do not drain)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. snipped parsley

Preparation

Cook onion in butter until tender.
Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
(Do not brown.)
Stir in flour and mix well.
Add clams with liquid, salt, basil and pepper.
Heat to a boil, reduce and simmer 5 minutes.
Add parsley.
Serve with 8 ounces pasta and Parmesan cheese.