Pasta With Fake Shellfish Food

LINGUINE WITH SHELLFISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and crushed red pepper; stir 1 minute. Add squid; sauté just until opaque, about 3 minutes. Add wine; simmer until liquid is reduced by half, about 20 minutes. Add tomatoes with juices and tomato paste. Bring to simmer, breaking up tomatoes. Cover; simmer over low heat 40 minutes.
• Bring 1/4 cup water to boil in another large skillet over high heat. Add clams and mussels. Cover; cook until shells open, about 6 minutes (discard any clams and mussels that do not open). Transfer shellfish to colander set over medium bowl; drain.
• Strain juices from skillet and medium bowl through fine sieve into tomato sauce. Simmer sauce uncovered until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Add lobster, shrimp and scallops. Simmer 2 minutes. Add clams and mussels from colander. Simmer 1 minute longer. Stir in remaining 3 tablespoons oil and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain. Return to pot. Add shellfish sauce; toss to coat.

PASTA WITH (FAKE) SHELLFISH

Steps:

• Heat butter in large skilled over medium high heat until melted and mixture bubbles.
• Add wine, garlic, rosemary, oregano, and onion.
• Cook, stirring, until wine evaporates and butter is golden, but not brown.
• Reduce heat to medium and add tomatoes.
• Add shellfish, sugar, and salt to taste.
• Stir until seafood is just heated through. Serve over hot pasta.

SEAFOOD PASTA WITH SHERRY TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan boil water for the pasta. When water begins to boil add salt liberally, let water return to a boil and cook pasta to al dente. Drain.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat with olive oil. Add mushrooms, shallots and garlic, red pepper flakes and saute 5 minutes.
• Deglaze the pan with sherry, stir in stock and tomatoes and bring to a bubble.
• Chop seafood into good-sized pieces. Season with lemon zest, salt and pepper. If using cooked seafood, add to sauce and proceed to next step. If using raw seafood, add to pot, cook a few minutes until it is opaque, then proceed to next step.
• Stir in heavy cream and toss hot pasta with sauce and chives and/or parsley, adjust seasoning and serve.

CREAMY PASTA WITH IMITATION CRAB

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• At the same time, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic to the hot oil; cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in imitation crab and heat for 2 minutes.
• Begin cooking rotini. Add to the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• While the pasta is cooking, stir half-and-half and parsley into the crab sauce; bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer crab sauce, adding pasta water as necessary, while pasta is finishing.
• Drain pasta.
• Mix Parmesan cheese into crab sauce and heat until melted, about 2 minutes. Serve over pasta.

PASTA WITH SHELLFISH

Steps:

• Put butter and olive oil in large skillet over medium high heat until butter is melted and mixture bubbles.
• Add wine, garlic, rosemary, oregano and onion.
• Cook, stirring until wine evaporates and butter is golden but not brown.
• Reduce heat to medium and add drained tomatoes.
• Add shellfish, parsley, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Stir until seafood is just heated through.
• Serve over hot pasta such as fettuccine or spaghetti.