Creamy garlic seafood pasta
This seafood pasta with creamy garlic sauce is the perfect dinner recipe, whether you need to get dinner on the table fast or impress guests.
Ingredients
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 250 g(½lb) shrimp / prawns (peeled and deveined)
- 150 gmussel meat ((approximately 500g with shells) )
- 150 gcalamari tubes / squid heads
- 2 tbspbutter
- 4garlic cloves (crushed)
- ½ tspchilli flakes
- ½ cupwhite wine
- 1 tsplemon juice
- 1 cupcream
- salt and pepper (to taste )
- ½ cupparsley (finely chopped)
- 500 gpasta (cooked + 1 cup cooking water reserved)
Directions
- 1
In a large pan, add a splash of oil and allow to heat up.
- 2
Season the seafood with salt and pepper then cook in batches until golden brown.
- 3
The shrimp/prawns should take no more than a minute per side (depending on size) and the calamari and mussels will take only a few minutes to cook. Take care not to overcook the seafood as they will go tough and rubbery. Rather undercook slightly as it will cook a little more while being tossed with the sauce and pasta.
- 4
Remove the seafood from the pan and set aside.
- 5
In the same pan, melt the butter and add the garlic and chilli flakes. Cook until fragrant then pour in the lemon juice and wine.
- 6
Bring to a simmer and allow to reduce by half.
- 7
Pour in the cream and allow to come to a simmer. Allow to cook for 5 minutes or until the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
- 8
Add the seafood (and any of its resting juices) and parsley and stir to combine.
- 9
Toss the sauce with cooked pasta and a splash of the pasta cooking water and toss to coat the pasta. Serve sprinkled with parsley.