Features of cooking pasta with seafood. TOP 5 recipes for delicious dishes. How to serve them?
Seafood pasta is one of the traditional dishes of Italian cuisine. It is undoubtedly very popular and can be found in many establishments. Italians are ready to eat the dish 3 times a day. It is not surprising, because there are so many types of pasta that, probably, even they have not tried everything.
Features of cooking pasta with seafood
Seafood pasta is by far one of the most popular types of this dish. For cooking, you can use spaghetti, fusilli, linguini, penne, farfalle, as well as other types of pasta. But it is better to choose pasta from durum wheat, premium. On the packaging, they can be marked as products of group A.
It's important to know! Pasta should be cooked according to the instructions on the package, preferably in sufficiently salty water, which tastes like sea water. To make Al Dente pasta, boil it for a couple of minutes less than indicated on the package.
As for seafood, in this case, shrimp, cuttlefish, mussels or squid are most often used. Both fresh and frozen will do. You don't have to buy them separately to make the pasta. You can use seafood as a cocktail. Creamy or sour cream sauce is the best option for dressing this dish. Sometimes they also use tomato sauce with Provencal herbs, garlic or fish. Note! To make a creamy sauce, you need cream with a fat content of at least 15%. And for fish only sea fish is suitable.
TOP 5 seafood pasta recipes
Each housewife uses her own secret ingredient in cooking, which gives the pasta a special taste. It can be cheese or a combination of several types of cheeses, as well as various types of spices. We present to your attention the TOP 5 recipes for delicious pasta with seafood.
Black pasta with seafood in wine sauce
If you have to meet guests, and you do not know what culinary delight to surprise them with, then the recipe for homemade black pasta with seafood in wine sauce is just for you! To prepare this dish, you can use spaghetti already dyed with cuttlefish ink, but they will not differ at all from ordinary ones in taste. Therefore, we will cook our pasta ourselves. At first glance, a complex dish is quite simple to prepare, although it takes a lot of time. But believe me, it's worth it.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 1063 kcal.
- Servings - 8-10
- Cooking time - 2 hours
Ingredients:
- Mussels in flaps - 1 kg
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- White wine - 1 tbsp
- Garlic - 2-3 cloves
- Olive oil - for frying
- Red caviar - to taste (for garnish)
- Flour - 800 g (for homemade spaghetti)
- Eggs - 5 pcs. (for homemade spaghetti)
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons (for homemade spaghetti)
- Water - 1 tbsp. (for homemade spaghetti)
- Cuttlefish ink - 16 g or 2 sachets (for homemade spaghetti)
Step by step preparation of black pasta with seafood in wine sauce:
- First you need to knead the dough. We mix all the ingredients and place in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
- Next, you need to do the preparation of mussels. Rinse them well under running water and leave in salt water for 30 minutes. This is done so that the flaps open.
- Roll out the dough thinly and cut into small strips. Cook in well salted water for about 4 minutes until Al Dente.
- Then finely chop the parsley and garlic and fry in a pan for a couple of minutes.
- After that add the mussels and fill them with wine. Simmer over low heat until the wine is almost completely evaporated. It will take at least 15-20 minutes.
- Add the already cooked pasta and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- We spread the pasta on plates, sprinkling with finely chopped parsley, and decorate with red caviar.
Pasta with seafood in a creamy sauce
Creamy seafood pasta is one of the easiest, fastest and most delicious ways to make pasta. We can safely say that this is a win-win option for lunch or even dinner.
Ingredients:
- Pasta - 400 g
- Seafood cocktail - 500 g
- Cream (20%) - 300 ml
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Shallots - 2-3 pcs.
- Olive oil - for frying
- Salt, pepper - to taste
- Basil - for decoration
- Salt - 1 pinch
Step by step preparation of pasta with seafood in a creamy sauce:
- The sauce is prepared very quickly, so we immediately set the pasta to cook. As a rule, the packaging indicates how long it will take. On average, this takes up to 7 minutes. The paste should be Al Dente.
- Next, finely chop the onion and garlic, then send them to a preheated pan for a couple of minutes. It is best to use olive oil for frying.
- Then add the cream, salt and pepper. Mix everything well and keep it on low heat for a few more minutes.
- Then add seafood and keep on fire for about 5 minutes.
- After the time has elapsed, add the already cooked pasta to the pan and mix everything gently. Leave to simmer for 5-7 minutes over low heat.
- Put on plates, decorate with basil and serve.
Pasta with seafood in tomato sauce
Another famous dish of Italian cuisine is pasta with seafood in tomato sauce. We will prepare the sauce ourselves, it will take a minimum of time and ingredients. But the pasta will acquire an incredible taste and such an appetizing smell.
Ingredients:
- Pasta - 400 g
- Seafood cocktail - 500 g
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs.
- Garlic - 2-3 cloves
- Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
- Dry white wine - 4 tablespoons
- Onions - 1/2 pc.
- Grated Parmesan cheese - 200 g
- Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
- Provencal herbs - 1/2 tsp
- Parsley - for decoration
- Salt - 1 pinch
Step by step preparation of pasta with seafood in tomato sauce:
- First you need to start making the sauce. We need a medium-sized saucepan in which we heat the olive oil and add finely chopped onion and garlic. Fry for about 5 minutes. Add pre-prepared finely chopped tomatoes.
- Pour wine into this mixture, add tomato paste and Provencal herbs. Mix thoroughly and leave on medium heat for about 10-15 minutes. This mixture will gurgle slightly.
- At this time, boil spaghetti in one saucepan. The packaging will indicate how long it will take. Do not rush to drain all the water from the pasta, leave about half a glass of water. You will need it for the sauce.
- Boil a seafood cocktail in another saucepan.
- Pour the tomato sauce and water left over after cooking into the already cooked spaghetti.
- Add the cooked seafood cocktail and mix thoroughly before serving.
- Place on plates, garnish with fresh parsley and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
Pasta with seafood in garlic sauce
As you know, garlic sauce goes well with almost any dish. For example, you can make seafood pasta in garlic sauce. This sauce impresses with its wonderful taste and simplicity of preparation.
Ingredients:
- Pasta - 500 g
- Shrimps - 250 g
- Mussels - 250 g
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - for frying
- Grated Parmesan cheese - 200 g
- Garlic - 3 cloves (for the sauce)
- Natural yogurt - 100 g (for the sauce)
- Salt - 2 pinches (for the sauce)
- Ground black pepper - 1 pinch (for sauce)
Step by step preparation of seafood pasta in garlic sauce:
- Let's start with making the sauce. Pass the garlic through a press, salt and pepper. Then pour in natural yogurt, stirring well. You can add finely chopped parsley to the sauce.
- Cook the pasta in well salted water until Al Dente is cooked.
- Fry finely chopped onion in olive oil.
- Then add the mussels and shrimp, fry over low heat until tender. This will take approximately 5-7 minutes. The shrimp should change color slightly.
- Then we add the already cooked pasta, pouring everything with sauce.
- Mix gently and leave to simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with Parmesan when serving.
Classic Italian seafood pasta recipe
It is not at all necessary to use spaghetti to make this pasta, you can cook, for example, shell pasta, nests or feathers. It's even better that way. Italian seafood pasta is one of the most delicious options in the dish. But for its correct preparation, you need to know some essential details.
Ingredients:
- Spaghetti - 300 g
- Sea fish - 200-250 g
- Sea cocktail (shrimp, squid, mussels) - 500 g
- Garlic - 2-3 cloves
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Olive oil - 3-4 tablespoons
- Green onion - several feathers
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
It's important to know! The main secret of Italian pasta is that the sauce and pasta must be cooked at the same time. Therefore, all products must be prepared in advance. As you know, seafood will take longer to cook than pasta. Therefore, you need to correctly calculate the time and start cooking pasta when the seafood is almost ready.
Step-by-step preparation of pasta with seafood in Italian according to the classic recipe:
- First you need to make sea fish broth. River broth will not work in this case, since the broth will not be aromatic enough. The fish must be rinsed well, covered with water and boiled over medium heat until it is completely boiled and cooked. This will take approximately 20 minutes.
- The fish must be removed from the broth and separated from the bones.
- In a well-heated skillet, you need to fry a seafood cocktail with garlic. The main thing is not to overexpose, otherwise the seafood will lose its taste and will be like rubber. Fry for about 5-7 minutes over low heat.
- After that, add fish pieces and fill with a glass of broth. Simmer this mixture for a couple of minutes over the fire.
- At this time, remove the skins from the tomatoes and add to the skillet. Stir well and simmer for a couple of minutes, then remove from the stove. By this time, the pasta will just be ready, which must be added to the pan.
- Stir well and serve, sprinkled with herbs.
How to Serve Seafood Pasta Properly?
Pasta is a fairly popular dish that can be found in many establishments. It can be served in portions or in one large plate. For distribution, use special forceps or a spoon with teeth.
In Italian restaurants, pasta is served in special deep bowls. It looks visually beautiful and allows the dish to stay cool longer. Although, according to the rules of etiquette, it is customary to serve it in large flat plates.
A cheesecake is served separately with the pasta - this is a special dish with a lid and a spoon. You can add cheese to the dish yourself to your liking. But there is one exception: cheese is not served with pasta with fish sauce.
As for cutlery, both a spoon and a fork can be served with the pasta. In Italy, only a plug is used.
The process of rolling the pasta may seem complicated at first glance, but it is quite simple. It is necessary to grab up to 6 strings of pasta and carefully screw them onto a fork.
Spooning pasta onto a fork is considered bad taste.
Try to start at the edge of your plate. If you start in the middle, chances are your skein will be very large.
Remember, the pasta should not hang from the fork. Biting off the pasta hanging from it is considered indecent.
White dry or young red wine is served with seafood pasta. This combination is considered the best. You can also serve ordinary water to it.
