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Seafood Spaghetti with Cream and Herbs
This flavorful recipe is not hard to make but you do have to cook everything in the right order, and that means start the pasta cooking first, then begin the mussels and finally start the sauce. If you time it right, everything should be ready simultaneously and you can combine all the ingredients and serve the dish. If not don't worry because you can simply put a lid on whatever is ready first and hold it until the other two are done.
This delicious seafood spaghetti recipe, which is also known as spaghetti "frutti di mare" in Italian, combines shrimp, scallops and mussels with spaghetti and a herby cream sauce. This might sound like a complicated dish but it is quite easy to put it all together, even if you are new to easy fish recipes and seafood recipes.
Seafood is usually considered to be "gourmet" whether you are making easy fish recipes with it or more complex ones. There is not much about this recipe which is complex; it is actually quite straightforward to get the recipe perfect. As long as you can cook spaghetti, stir cream and some other ingredients together, and cook seafood following easy directions, you will not have any problems with this mouthwatering recipe.
Creamy Spaghetti with Assorted Seafood
Ingredients -
1 lb dried fettuccine
1 lb live mussels
¼ cup white wine
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
2 cups heavy whipping cream
3 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
½ lb scallops
½ lb peeled, de-veined shrimp
½ cup grated parmesan
½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 cup chopped green onions
1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
1 cup chopped parsley
Preparation:
Cook the pasta in salted water until it is al dente (cooked but still with a bit of bite to it).
Bring the cream to a boil and then turn down the heat. Add the salt, peppers, herbs, parsley, and onion and simmer for 8 minutes or until thick.
Stir in the shrimp and scallops. Cook, stirring, until the shrimp is pink.
Stir in the cheeses.
Wash the mussels and remove the beards.
Put them in a big pot with the water and wine, cover it with a lid and cook for 4 minutes, stirring a couple of times, or until the mussels are all open.
Drain the mussels and spaghetti. Serve the mussels and sauce with the spaghetti.
(Serves 4)
Wine Suggestion:
Which Wine for Seafood Spaghetti
A California Chardonnay would be the best wine to serve with this creamy seafood recipe. A Pinot Gris would be a nice alternative. Chardonnay has its own unique flavor and this special taste is amazing when paired with such a full-bodied recipe. Pinot Gris is usually recommended as an accompaniment for oily fish dishes but its flavor also suits the creaminess of this seafood spaghetti recipe.
Photo Description:
Seafood tends to be a little more costly than basic fish ingredients like canned tuna or imitation crab, but sometimes it is nice to get good quality ingredients and make something extra special, for example this could be nice on a Friday night to get the weekend started in a good way. Why not spoil your family with this wonderful seafood spaghetti recipe? You can see from the picture that it is going to be something special. If you have experimented with fish recipes before, this is the next logical step for any budding seafood chefs - a delicious seafood spaghetti dish.
Seafood Spaghetti Recipes Around the World
Seafood pasta is a wonderful choice whether you are having a dinner party or you simply want to cook something flavorful for friends or loved ones. Although this dish originates in Italy, where it is known as frutti di mare (or fruits of the ocean), seafood spaghetti and seafood pasta recipes have achieved global fame.
A seafood spaghetti recipe would also be popular in Spain, where the archipelagos and long coastlines ensure a constant supply of seafood. The Spanish use pasta in cooking but they also enjoy rice with their fish and seafood recipes. Nowhere in Greece is more than eighty-five miles from the coast so, again, this is a country where fish is popular. Typical Greek pastas include orzo, trahana, and hylopites, so these would be seen more often than spaghetti.
Asian Seafood Recipes
Spaghetti is not so different from noodles, which are frequently served with seafood in Asia. These dishes range from mild and sweet to extremely spicy, depending on the recipe and the country. Dairy ingredients like cheese or cream feature more in European and American cookery than Asian food, so oriental dishes would be more likely to use a non-dairy sauce for their seafood spaghetti or seafood noodle dishes.
In the United States, seafood is seen as something of a luxury, at least in areas far from the ocean. Seafood is not as economical here as in some other countries but seafood spaghetti recipes are so impressive that it is nice to make them, at least occasionally. Tuna noodle casserole makes a good budget alternative but if you want something extra special, why not make a seafood spaghetti recipe occasionally to wow your friends and family?
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