Spaghetti or linguine allo scoglio is a delicious option for those who love traditional Italian dishes. With a unique and flavorful sauce, this is the original recipe to try. The scoglio sauce goes perfectly with any type of long pasta, but the choice always falls on spaghetti or linguine. Here’s how to make it: first of all, it’s important to get a good selection of fresh fish to prepare a high-quality sauce. Secondly, it takes a bit of patience to achieve the unique and refined flavor of restaurant-style first courses. Here is the original italian recipe for spaghetti allo scoglio.
Choose between Spaghetti or Linguine for your delicious Seafood Pasta
In summer evenings on a terrace by the sea or during winter and spring occasions, they are the perfect ingredients to enjoy a delicious seafood pasta. Whether you are at the restaurant or at home, with this recipe you can easily recreate this first dish like a chef, even in a homemade version.
A doubt that often arises when talking about seafood pasta is: “better spaghetti or linguine?” Usually italians chose spaghetti, but some choose fresh egg pasta and prepare “chitarrina” (thin square spaghetti), while others prefer linguine.
In reality, seafood pasta is a must-eat of the summer that can be paired with almost any type of long pasta. Let’s learn how to make spaghetti with seafood, but do not exclude the possibility of trying linguine if we like them so much!
For those who want to try other spaghetti-based recipes, spaghetti with garlic, oil and chili pepper and spaghetti alla amatriciana are also recommended, both perfect pairings for spaghetti.
The Delicious Recipe for Spaghetti allo Scoglio: The taste of the sea in a unique dish
Here is a delicious recipe for spaghetti allo scoglio that will make anyone’s mouth water: A preparation with fresh fish and well-prepared seasoning, representing an excellent first course, worthy of a professional chef, like what you can taste in a high-end restaurant!
Seafood pasta (Spaghetti allo scoglio) the original italian recipe
Other details
- Difficulty: medium
- If the fish needs to be cleaned, it will take more time than indicated for preparation.
Ingredients
Ingredients to make Spaghetti allo scoglio
- 14 oz Spaghetti (400 g)
- 2.2 lbs Mussels (1 kg)
- 2.2 lbs Clams (1 kg)
- 10.6 oz Squid (300 g)
- 8 Prawns
- 10.6 oz Cherry Tomatoes (300 g)
- 4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 clove of Garlic
- 1 bunch of Fresh Parsley
- 1.4 oz White Wine (40 ml)
- To taste Fine Salt
- To taste Black Pepper
Instructions
How to prepare Spaghetti allo Scoglio?
- To prepare Spaghetti allo Scoglio, you must necessarily start from cleaning the fresh fish. If you have bought already cleaned fresh fish, go directly to the next step.
How to clean clams, mussels, shrimps and squids
- Clean the clams like this: place the clams in a large bowl and cover with abundant water. Add coarse salt to the clams soaking to reproduce a sort of sea water. Let them soak for 2 hours, changing the water from time to time, until they are clean, meaning that all the clams will be purged.After the time has passed, remove any remaining sand inside the mollusks simply by energetically beating them (but not too violently), hitting them with the closure facing towards the cutting board.
- Next, we move on to cleaning the mussels: remove the impurities on the shell by passing a knife over the back. Then, firmly rip out the beard, which is the tuft that sticks out from the side of the opening, and finally, scrape the mussels with a brush to thoroughly clean the shell. Do this entire operation under running water to constantly eliminate the mussel's impurities.
- Shrimp cleaning: Remove the head, then detach the legs and remove both the shell and tail. Then, make a cut on the back and remove the intestine, which is the black filament on the back, using a toothpick or tweezers. Finally, cut the flesh in half and keep it cool, covering it with clear plastic wrap.
- For cleaning the squid, we do this: detach the tentacles by also removing the inside, then remove the cartilage pen and thoroughly clean the inside by placing the squid under a running water stream.We then move to the cutting board to delicately cut the squid: detach the skin using a knife. Once peeled, remove the fins and proceed to cut into rings about one centimeter thick. We can also reduce the fins into strips.
Let's prepare the Seafood Sauce
- We heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a rather large pan and when it's hot, we pour in the clams and mussels. We immediately cover with a lid and wait until they are fully opened, which will take 3-4 minutes.
- Once the clams and mussels are open, we remove the lid and pour them into a container without throwing away the cooking water, but rather filtering it through a strainer to remove any impurities and sand residues. We keep it warm.
- Then we shell both the clams and mussels and keep the mollusks along with some other shells still full.
- Next we move on to the already cleaned squid, we only incise the surface, helping us to enter with the blade into its interior until it is fully opened so we can cut it into strips.
- Now we wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them into slices. Meanwhile, we put a pot of salted water on the heat and bring it to a boil, it will be used for cooking the spaghetti.
- At this point, we let 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil simmer in a pan with a clove of garlic (if you want, this is the time to add chili in the pan). When the garlic is well browned, we pour in the squid along with a pinch of salt. Then we cook for 5 minutes and then deglaze with white wine, letting the alcohol evaporate.
Let's make spaghetti with seafood
- Remove garlic from the seafood sauce and add cherry tomatoes, then let cook for another 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in boiling water.
- Add the shrimp to the sauce, salt, and pepper. Drain the spaghetti directly into the pan when there are only 4 minutes left in the spaghetti cooking time. Continue cooking by pouring in the reserved mussel and clam cooking water as needed like true chefs.
- Finally, add the previously shelled mussels and clams. At the end of cooking, turn off the heat, flavor with chopped parsley, and give a final stir. Voilà, proudly serve our warm spaghetti with seafood.
Tips
You can replace wine with brandy or cognac to add an even more aromatic touch.Conclusion: A delicious and flavorful dish
In conclusion, with the ingredients listed above, you can prepare a delicious and flavorful dish of spaghetti with mussels, clams, squid, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, and spices. The use of extra virgin olive oil, garlic, fresh parsley, and white wine gives the dish a unique and intense flavor. Salt and black pepper, used in appropriate amounts, complete the taste. I highly recommend trying this recipe for a dinner with friends or for a special evening.
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