Name: Pasta marinara
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 2 sprigs of fresh parsley; 15 g(½ oz) fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 3 x 425 g (13½ oz) cans whole peeled Italian tomatoes, undrained and puréed in a food mill or food processor; 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 8-10 firmly closed small mussels, scrubbed clean; 125 ml (4 fl oz) olive oil; 250 g (8 oz) scallops, deveined, cleaned and dried; 500 g (1 lb) cooked medium prawns, shelled; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 500 g (1 lb) dried spaghetti; 2 sprigs of fresh thyme; 250 g (8 oz) calamari hoods, sliced into rings; 125 ml (4 fl oz) white wine

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

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Pasta

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

For this recipe, you can use any variety of seafood, but do not overcook it or it can become tough.

Ingredients

2 sprigs of fresh thyme
2 sprigs of fresh parsley
1 bay

Method

Tie the herbs and bay leaf in a bundle. Heat two thirds of the oil in a pot and cook the onion for 5 minutes without colouring. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by three quarters. Add the tomato, garlic and herb bundle and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, then uncovered for 40 minutes. Add the mussels and simmer for 5 minutes until they open. Discard any unopened ones.

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