Italians enjoy their surf and turf! This plate includes: Shrimp, Mussels, Clams, Crab and Lobster. Prep time 5 minutes. Cooking time: 15-20 minutes from stove to table! This recipe maybe used exclusively for any single item of seafood of your choosing. (ex. Only clams or mussels (use 2 lb.’s) or shrimp (Use 1 -2 lb’s). Don’t forget to choose a wine
Serves 6 people
5 garlic cloves ( 3 minced and set aside)
1/2 cup Olive Oil
4 Tbsp Parsley ( chopped and set aside)
360 g of Barilla Pasta (Spaghetti or Fettuccine)
1 Tbsp salt
1/2 pound cherry tomatoes (optional)
1/2 lb Clams
1/2 pound Mussels
1 Lobster Tail (meat loosened and removed from shell)
1/2 pound Shrimp (peeled)
1 pound Crab Legs.
1-1/2 cup wine. (0ptional)
1 tsp salt
Pepper to taste.
BEGIN
In one large pan start to boil water.
Place clams and mussels in a colander, wash and scrub shells with cold water.
Second large pan: Healt 1/2 cup Olive oil on Medium heat with two garlic cloves for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add 1/2 lb. Mussels and Clams (and tomatoes optional). Return pan to medium heat. FYI: Immediately cover dish to avoid hot oil splatter. Cook together for 4 minutes.
At this time remove pasta from box and add Pasta ( Barilla Spaghetti or Fettuccine) to salted (1 tbsp salt) boiling water allow to boil for 8 minutes.
Add loosened lobster meat from the lobster tail, Shrimp, Crab and 3 minced garlic cloves to mussels and clams.
Add 1 tsp Salt
Pepper to taste.
Add 1-1/2 cup White Wine to seafood and allow to cook together for 3 minutes. Reduce temperature to low and prop open lid from pan using a wooden spoon to rest between the two.
Add 2 ladles of pasta water to simmering seafood.
Drain water from pasta and Add Pasta to seafood carefully turning both, incorporating seafood and pasta together for about 2-3 minutes. Drizzle fresh oil on seafood and pasta garnish with chopped parsley.
Buon Appettito!
By Kimberly Crocker
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