Calamari With Artichokes And White Wine Food

CALAMARI IN A CREAMY WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add crushed garlic, and cook for a few seconds until it turns golden brown. Stir in the squid, and cook until it turns white. Pour in white wine and cherry pepper slices; bring to a simmer, and cook until the wine is reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Stir cornstarch into the cream, and add to the simmering calamari. Season with red pepper flakes, basil, salt, and pepper; stir until thickened. To serve, toss pasta with sauce, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

WINE-BRAISED CALAMARI WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven, warm olive oil over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened and lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add garlic, thyme, sage, red pepper and saffron (if using), then cook 1 minute more. Raise heat to high. Add squid and season generously with salt and pepper, stirring well to coat. Cook, stirring, 3 to 4 minutes, then add wine and boil for 1 minute.
• Add broth and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer 20 minutes, tasting the broth occasionally and adjusting the seasonings with salt and pepper.
• Add carrots and turnips, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes more, until tender.
• Add leeks and peas and cook 5 minutes more.
• Serve in wide soup bowls. Garnish with chopped parsley and chives.

CALAMARI WITH ARTICHOKES AND WHITE WINE

Steps:

• 1 Rinse the calamari thoroughly inside and out. Drain well. Cut the bodies crosswise into 1/2-inch rings. Cut the tentacles in half through the base. Pat dry. 2 Trim the artichokes, removing the stem end and all the outer leaves until you reach the pale green central cone. With a small knife, pare away any dark green patches from the base. Cut the artichokes in half and scrape away the fuzzy inner choke. Cut each half into thin slices. 3 Put the garlic, parsley, and oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook until the garlic is golden, about 1 minute. Stir in the calamari and salt to taste. Add the wine and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cover and cook 20 minutes. 4 Stir in the artichokes and 2 tablespoons water. Cook 30 minutes or until tender. Serve hot. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CALAMARI

Steps:

• Preheat oil in a heavy, deep frying pan or pot. Oil should be heated to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• In a medium size mixing bowl mix together flour, salt, oregano and black pepper. Dredge squid through flour and spice mixture.
• Place squid in oil for 2 to 3 minutes or until light brown. Beware of overcooking, squid will be tough if overcooked. Dry squid on paper towels. Serve with wedges of lemon.

CALAMARI IN TOMATO WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Holding calamari tube, pull off head and tentacles; set aside. Rinse squid tubes under cold water, rubbing off purplish skin. Pull out and discard "pen" (long clear plastic-like skeleton) from centre of tubes.
• On cutting board, pull off and discard fins from tubes. Cut off and discard eyes and head from tentacles, keeping tentacles attached on ring on top. Squeeze hard beak from centre of tentacles and discard.
• Cut tubes crosswise into 1/2" wide rings; pat dry.
• In saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; cook onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add wine and hot pepper flakes; cook for 1 minutes.
• Add tomatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add squid; simmer until tender, about 3 - 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt.
• Note: fresh tomatoes could be used.but the sauce would need to cook down probably 10 minutes more.

LINGUINE WITH CALAMARI AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
• Meanwhile, heat reserved oil from anchovies (about 2 tablespoons) in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add calamari and toss just until opaque, about 1 minute. Add garlic, crushed red pepper and crushed anchovies with capers and stir 1 minute.
• Add white wine; boil until sauce is slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Mix in basil.
• Add pasta to mixture in skillet. Toss until heated through and sauce coats pasta, adding reserved cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if pasta seems dry, about 2 minutes.
• Divide pasta and calamari between
• 2 plates and serve.