Category: Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with Seafood Melange

Spaghetti with Seafood Melange
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Spaghetti with Seafood Melange

Recipe by La Bellitude for TABLE magazine
Servings

6

servings

Whether you get your seafood from the shore or the fishmonger, this pasta is a great way to use it! Of course, you can leave out any items that you don’t care for or that aren’t available.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil

  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped

  • 3 shallots, chopped

  • 1 lb shrimp, shelled and deveined

  • 1 lb scallops

  • 1 cup dry white wine

  • 1 dozen littleneck clams, scrubbed

  • 1 dozen mussels, scrubbed

  • 1 lb calamari

  • 1 lb spaghetti, cooked

  • 1 cup pasta cooking water

  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

  • ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped

  • ¼ cup fresh oregano, removed from stems

Directions

  • In a large saute pan or paella pan, heat the olive oil. Add garlic and shallots, and sauté briefly. Add the scallops and sauté until just colored on each side. Remove to large platter. Add shrimp to sauté pan and cook just until pink. Remove to platter.
  • Bring the wine to a gentle boil in large pot and add the clams, mussels, and calamari. Cook until shells start to open, about 2 minutes. Remove the seafood to the platter.
  • Pour the white wine into the sauté pan and deglaze. Reheat the pasta in boiling water then add to the sauté pan. Add herbs and tomatoes and toss to mix, adding pasta cooking water as needed. Add seafood and mix gently. Season to taste.
  • Move all to serving platter and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil before serving.