Classic Linguine with Clams
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Ingredients
Clams
Linguine
Parsley
olive oil
butter
white wine
salt & pepper
Method
This is a pretty simple dish. Get fresh clams, that are still alive. Rinse and wash them well. If they don't open when you cook them, toss them out.
Put your oil & garlic in the pan and allow to cook for a a minute or two without burning the garlic over medium high heat. Add the clams. When about half the clams are open, add your white wine and parsley.
Meanwhile, have your water boiling. When your clams start to open, start cooking your pasta. Cook it about 2/3 of the time on the package.
Finish cooking the linguine with the clams and clam sauce
Linguine with Clams and Tomatos
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Ingredients
Clams
Linguine
herbs
cherry tomatos
olive oil
butter
white wine
salt & pepper
optional Parmesan
Method
This is a pretty simple dish. Get fresh clams, that are still alive. Rinse and wash them well. If they don't open when you cook them, toss them out.
Put your oil, butter, garlic, herbs and tomatoes in the pan and allow to cook for a couple minutes without burning the garlic over low to medium heat. Add the clams. When about half the clams are open, add your white wine.
Meanwhile, have your water boiling. When your clams start to open, start cooking your pasta. Cook it about 2/3 of the time on the package.
Once open, move clams and tomatos to separate dish, but save the broth. Use the broth to finish cooking the spaghetti. Combine clams, tomatos, and spaghetti and serve with parmesan if desired.
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Linguine, clam, tomato steps
Start oil, butter, herbs, and tomatos
Start Oil, Butter, some parsley, basil, maybe some oregano
Add Clams
Once the oil starts to sizzle let the tomatos cook for maybe two minutes to let some of their juices out and add the clams
Start boiling pasta/add wine
Add a glass of white wine to your sauce pan with the clams and the rest. Start cooking your pasta when about half the clams open
Separate broth
After you clams have all opened and have simmered in the white wine, separate the clams & tomatos from the broth
finish spaghetti
Finish the spaghetti in the broth
Serve
Combine, add parmesan if you like and serve
Baked Whole Fished (any fish that looks like this)
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Too be honest not sure what this fish is called. I'm pretty sure the locals call it the parago. But it looked nice and the fish market was out of shellfish and here we are. I asked them to clean it and they removed the organs and scaled it.
Ingredients
1 Whole fish scaled with organs removed
Oil
Garlic Cloves
Salt
Pepper
white wine
Cherry tomatoes
Parsley
Method
Dice Garlic and Chop in half or quarter your cherry tomatoes
Stuff fish with all ingredients (garlic, oil, salt, pepper, parsley, white wine and tomatoes)
Do the same to the outside
Wrap everything up in tinfoil
Bake at 180C/350 F for 20-30 minutes (times will vary based on fish)
Check for doneness at 20 min and finish if necessary (done when flesh flakes on a fork)
Separate skin and bones from flesh
Serve
Whole fish method
Use foil or something to keep the fish juices out of your kitchen. Clean up immediately.
Spaghetti w seafood
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This is a dish that looks intimidating and/or impressive but is deceivingly easy. Prep time is limited by how fast you can gather your ingredients and chop the garlic Or how long it takes your water to boil for the pasta.
I don't have measurements for anything because I learned from watching some dude and I have no idea what he was saying. Language barrier you see? But done properly this is IG worthy
Let the natural flavors work for you. No need to overpower with seasonings. Keep it simple
Ingredients
Mussels
Clams
Big Ass shrimp
Little shrimp
Squid (optional)
Tomato sauce
Garlic
Olive Oil
Parsley
White Wine
Salt and Pepper
Spaghetti or linguine
Spaghetti with Seafood step by step
Prep Ingredients
Clean the mussels, chop the garlic, chop the parsley leaves. Gather everything within easy reach
Start the Seafood, Garlic and Oil
Coat the bottom of a pan with olive oil, add your garlic and seafood. Put over high heat, careful not to burn the garlic until the clams/mussels start to open.
Add Wine, Herbs and Tomato Sauce
When the clams and mussels open add a glass of white wine and tomato sauce. maybe a half cup or more of tomato sauce (never have measured). Turn the heat down to low and maintain an aggressive simmer
Cook spaghetti partially
After adding the wine and tomato sauce and mixing that together, I wait a few minutes and I boil my spaghetti 2/3 the time on the package.
Combine pasta and sauce
I add the 2/3 cooked spaghetti to the pan with the seafood and sauce and combine and allow cook for a couple more minutes. I then kill the heat, add parmigiana, mix and serve
Serve
Serve with White wine
Penne with Swordfish
Narrative
If you have access to fresh swordfish or any other meaty fish like tuna or salmon
The sauce is the most labor intensive part of this meal. I use my standard tomato sauce with some slight variations. I leave out the meat and substitute white wine in place of red wine. You will cube the fish and allow to cook in the simmering sauce. Depending on the texture you prefer, the size of the cube, you are looking at about 20 ish minutes for the fish to cook in the sauce. Taste often and make adjustments accordingly.
Take your preferred pasta, I recommend some type of spaghetti, linguine or penne for this dish. Boil per the instructions on the package
Sword fish 100-200g
Tomato Sauce (oil, garlic, tomatoes *optional onion, celery, carrot white wine)
Salt
Sugar
Instructions
1. Make your sauce.
Long version make from scratch,
Heat oil in pan with garlic till golden
*Optional Add Onion, carrot, celery until soft
Add peeled Tomatoes
Add 1/2 or 1 glass of white wine (since its going to be for fish)
Bring to a simmer stir occasionally
Short Version
Soften the garlic in the olive oil in pan
Add store bought tomato sauce
Bring to a simmer stir occasionally
2. Cube your fish into small cubes and add to your simmering sauce
3. Allow your cubed fish to simmer for a bout 20 minutes giver or take depending on the size of your cubes. Judge doneness by taste
4. Salt and sugar your sauce to taste
5. Meanwhile, cook your pasta for the recommended time on the package in lightly salted water
6. Add the pasta to the pan with the sauce
7. Add parmigiana and mix thoroughly
Serve
with same white wine you used in the sauce
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Video is for penne with tuna. Same technique, different type of fish. Cook your sauce down more if the sauce is too runny for you.
Pasta With Tuna
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Fish pasta isn't super common in the states but maybe it should be. Definitely a nice change of pace at times from the meatier dishes. The fish gives the sauce and pasta a complex but delicious flavor.
Ingredients
Fresh Tuna
Pasta
Parsley
White wine
Garlic
Parmesan
Olive Oil
Salt & pepper
Peeled tomatoes (or store bought sauce)
Method
Start your base for your sauce with Olive Oil and garlic in a fry pan with sides
As your Garlic starts to soften add your tomatoes
Add a glass of white wine and allow to simmer for 15 minutes
Meanwhile cube your fish
After 15 minutes at your fish and allow the sauce to simmer for 10-15 more minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste.
While your sauce is simmering boil your pasta in salted water and drain
Combine the pasta and sauce in the pan, add Parmesan and mix together
Serve
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In the video, I really should have simmered my sauce down to get rid of some of the liquid.