Spaghetti comes from Italy, or rather from Naples. This dish has long and very firmly entered the menu of the citizens of our country.
It is worth noting that spaghetti is a medium-sized long pasta. There are several varieties of them. Spaghetti is thinner than spaghetti, and spaghetti is thicker. Different pasta sauces are prepared in different parts of Italy, but since the country is surrounded on three sides by water, it is most often made with seafood.
Italians are so respected spaghetti that they even opened a museum dedicated to this product. We offer some of the most common recipes.
Pasta with tomatoes and garlic in a creamy sauce
To prepare this recipe for spaghetti with seafood in a creamy sauce, the following ingredients are needed:
- Seafood (sea cocktail) - 0.5 kg.
- Spaghetti - 250-300 g.
- 2 large tomatoes.
- Olive oil.
- Garlic - clove 2 or 3.
- Red chili pepper - 1 pc.
- To taste salt and spices.
Cooking
According to this recipe, spaghetti with seafood in a creamy sauce is prepared as follows. First of all, you need to defrost a sea cocktail. Next, peel the garlic, finely chop it. Halve the chili pepper. The next step is to peel the tomatoes. To do this, it must be cut and pour in boiling water for 5 minutes. After that, pour them with cold water, clean well and cut into cubes.
The next step is the preparation of spaghetti. Pour water into a deep pot, then add a small amount of salt. We put the container on a big fire and wait for the liquid to boil. Next, add the pasta (spaghetti) and cook for five minutes. Then you need to reduce the heat and cover the pan with a lid. In this state, cook for another three minutes.
Now you need to pour olive oil into the pan and fry the garlic and chili. After 1 minute, remove the garlic, add seafood and simmer for 2 minutes. Next, put tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook another 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle with any herbs.
Spaghetti spread in the prepared sauce, mix, pour 3 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil and warm for 3 minutes.
Seafood spaghetti in cream cheese sauce
We offer a very simple recipe. Ingredients for its preparation:
- Sea cocktail (frozen) - 1 pack (500 g).
- Spaghetti - 300 g.
- A glass of cream.
- Hard cheese - 200 g.
- Olives - an average of 10 pcs.
- Spices, dried herbs - 1 tbsp. l
- Salt.
- Oil (it is better to use butter).
Cooking spaghetti
Cooking spaghetti with seafood. The first thing you need to get out of the freezer and thaw a sea cocktail. Next, take a pan, pour water and slightly salt it. Put on fire. After boiling, add seafood and cook for 3 minutes. The next step is to roast the brewed sea cocktail. Put butter in a pan, add seafood and fry them over low heat for a minute. Then salt, add cream, cover and simmer for five minutes. While seafood is fried, pour water into another saucepan, add three pinches of salt and bring to a boil. After removing the sea cocktail from the fire, put spaghetti in boiled water for 7-8 minutes. The final stage is placing the spaghetti in a colander. While the water drains from the pasta, put the sea cocktail on a slow fire again, then grate the cheese on a fine grater and add to the seafood. Let the cheese melt and turn off the heat. Then add cooked seafood to the spaghetti pot and mix. Seafood pasta is ready! Put the finished dish on plates and sprinkle with herbs.
Seafood Cocktail
It is a mix of seafood. The composition mainly includes squid, shrimp and octopus. But you can not be limited to this list and take absolutely any seafood. Buying fresh seafood, be prepared for unpleasant consequences. It is better to buy frozen seafood. In order to make a sea cocktail tasty, it is recommended to defrost food on the penultimate shelf of the refrigerator, periodically removing water from a cup in which there is seafood. Thawing a sea cocktail, you need to add salt to the pan and bring the liquid to a boil. Then add seafood and cook for five minutes. In the event that you do not have time to defrost, then frozen seafood can be fried in a pan by adding butter.
When buying seafood or a ready-made sea cocktail, choose European countries of preliminary preparation. And in order to avoid acquiring thawed and then frozen seafood first, feel the package. If you find small pieces of ice, you can be sure that this is not the best option to buy.
Seafood and basil pasta in creamy sauce
To cook spaghetti with seafood you will need:
- Pasta of your choice - 400 g.
- Basil.
- Seafood (sea cocktail) - 500 g.
- Bulb.
- Garlic - clove 2 or 3.
- Nutmeg to taste.
- Salt, ground pepper.
Cooking a dish
Consider cooking spaghetti with seafood. To begin, defrost a sea cocktail on the penultimate shelf of the refrigerator, periodically draining water from a container in which seafood is located. Next, peel the garlic and onions. Grind the garlic on a coarse grater, and chop the onion rings. Pour olive oil into a heated pan and add garlic first and fry for three minutes over medium heat. Then put the onions and fry for another three minutes. Next, extract the onions and garlic. Peel and chop the nutmeg on a fine grater (you can use walnut). Add to the pan and, thoroughly mixing, fry for 2-3 minutes on low heat. Turn off the heat and let the olive oil and nutmeg cool.
During this time, pour cold water into a deep pot, put on fire. Salt slightly the liquid and bring to a boil. Next, add the pasta and cook for six to seven minutes. Reduce the heat, cover the pan with a lid and cook for another three minutes. Do not forget that for every hundred grams of spaghetti you need to pour one liter of water. If you neglect this condition, then the pasta can be digested, and the paste will not work. When the spaghetti is cooked, put the pan on the fire again and add the prepared seafood. Stir well, fry for three minutes, then cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat to small and simmer for four to five minutes. Also, do not overexpose seafood on a fire, otherwise they can turn out to be tasteless and as if rubber.
After the sauce is fully prepared, put the spaghetti in the plates, add the sauce. Slice the basil and shape it nicely on a plate. You can also grind the basil and sprinkle it with pasta. Or mix pasta with creamy sauce and seafood in one pan. Then chop the basil with a knife, add to the pan and mix again. In the same way as basil, you can add any spices, spices and herbs. It all depends on your desire and taste.
Conclusion
So, we examined several seafood spaghetti recipes in a creamy sauce. Preparing a meal is quick and easy, so this is an almost win-win option in case you invited guests, but there is no time to cook or just too lazy. In addition, spaghetti with seafood (photo attached) is incredibly delicious!
Enjoy your meal!