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Pesce Over Linguine

The trick to this pasta is quickly cooked shellfish in a sauce flavored to perfection.

Type: Fish, Pasta, Shellfish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 tablespoons 60mlOlive oil
6   Garlic cloves - finely chopped
1 lb 454g / 16ozBay scallops
  = (or sea scallops - quartered)
1 lb 454g / 16ozMedium-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 2.5mlRed-pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried oregano
6   Littleneck clams - scrubbed
6   Mussels - beards removed and
  Scrubbed
12 oz 340gLinguine - cooked al dente
1/3 cup 13g / 0.5ozChopped fresh basil leaves

Recipe Instructions

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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