Wednesday 30 November 2011

Best ever Seafood Pasta

As I live in the beautiful island of Malta right in the centre of the Mediterranean I am spoilt for choice when it comes to cooking with fish and seafood. As much as I love the traditional Sunday roasts nothing beats this bountiful plate of pasta!
portion quantities are enough to feed 4 hungry people!

3 small Lobsters
800g cleaned fresh mussels
2 tablespoons sea urchin roe
500g cleaned squid
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
2 spring onions chopped
1 glass white wine
1 tablespoon chopped fresh marjoram
2 tablespoons chopped pancetta
1 small chili deseeded and finely chopped
Ground fresh pepper
600g linguini or spaghetti

Bring to boil large pan of salted water plunge in the lobsters after 5 mins lift and transfer to iced water. In the same water boil pasta until al dente. Drain add a drizzle of olive oil and leave in colander.
In a large pan fry the onion garlic and pancetta in 2 tablespoons olive oil add squid and stir fry for 1 minute on high heat. Remove squid with slotted spoon and set aside. Add mussels, chili, white wine and cover pan for two minutes or until mussels just open. Cut lobsters in two. Add pasta to pan,squid, herbs and sea urchin roe and stir. Put lobsters on top cover pan for 1 minute to heat through grind some fresh pepper and serve.

2 comments:

  1. Lobsters! No need to explain why you think this is the best seafood pasta ever. The perks of living in the centre of Mediterranean! You are so lucky to be spoilt by these seafood goodies often. Thank you for sharing one of your recipes!

    Chris Carpenter @ Domenico’s On the Wharf

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    1. Yes, Lobster is the ultimate, and we have a local one, called 'xkal' which sometimes comes with bright orange roe, it taste super super delicious.

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