Pesce Over Linguine Recipe - Cooking Index
The trick to this pasta is quickly cooked shellfish in a sauce flavored to perfection.
Type: Fish, Pasta, Shellfish4 tablespoons | 60ml | Olive oil |
6 | Garlic cloves - finely chopped | |
1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Bay scallops |
= (or sea scallops - quartered) | ||
1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Medium-sized shrimp - peeled, deveined, |
And tails removed | ||
Salt - to taste | ||
Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
1 | Crushed Italian tomatoes - (28 oz) | |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Red-pepper flakes |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Dried oregano |
6 | Littleneck clams - scrubbed | |
6 | Mussels - beards removed and | |
Scrubbed | ||
12 oz | 340g | Linguine - cooked al dente |
1/3 cup | 13g / 0.5oz | Chopped fresh basil leaves |
In a large saucepan, saute half of the oil with half of the garlic over low heat for 2 minutes to soften.
Add the scallops and shrimp; cook, stirring, until just cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
Add the remaining oil and garlic to the saucepan; cook over low heat until the garlic is wilted, 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, 1/2 teaspoon salt, red-pepper flakes and oregano. Cover and cook 15 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Add the clams and mussels to the sauce, cover and cook until the shells open, about 8 minutes. Return the scallops and shrimp to the sauce and toss gently.
Place the linguine in a pasta serving bowl and top it off with the hot sauce. Arrange the seafood decoratively. Garnish with chopped basil.
This recipe yields 6 servings.
Per serving: 510 calories, 56g carbohydrate, 42g protein, 12g fat, 150mg cholesterol.
Source:
Simply Delicious by Sheila Lukins from Parade magazine - Pub date: 09-28-2003
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