Spaghetti is a popular Italian pasta that looks like a thick thread. On sale, they are available in different lengths, but they are not shorter than 15 cm. Translated from Italian, the word Spaghetti means twine for tying. Such pasta was loved not only by Italians, but also by residents of many countries of the world, including ours.
Spaghetti recipes can be found in large numbers, and all of them differ from each other in sauces and their ingredients, a variety of which can be found in the cookbooks of the peoples of the world. Every day you can cook pasta and feel a completely different taste of the dish.
In the article, we will consider how to cook spaghetti with a sea cocktail. Seafood is healthy and tasty, and with a delicate sauce and thin pasta, everyone will like it, even those who are indifferent to fish. Weβll also consider popular recipes, learn how to cook spaghetti, which is part of a sea cocktail, and how to prepare sauces for a dish.
How to cook spaghetti
The methods of boiling this paste are slightly different from the rest, because the size of the spaghetti does not allow them to be thrown into boiling water entirely. Some novice housewives break them into pieces, but this can not be done. Even if you bought a package of especially long noodles, you will have to cook it without breaking it.
When the water in the pan boils, the spaghetti is simply placed vertically inside the container. Do not be alarmed if most of them are outside. Gradually, the bottom of the pasta softens, and they sink gently into the pan.
They are not cooked until softened, like other types, but to the state of "aldente", that is, they should not be boiled. Let's figure out how much water and pasta are needed per serving. The proportion should be 1: 3, i.e. 1 part pasta and 3 parts water. Typically, the calculation is about 150 grams of dry spaghetti per one eater.
Spaghetti still has one interesting feature. They eat them with a fork, winding long threads in turns, and then the whole lump is sent entirely to the mouth. In another way, they will stretch, may slip from a plate to a table, and an unpleasant embarrassment will come out, especially if you dine in a public place.
The recipe from an experienced chef
Spaghetti is cooked for as many minutes as indicated on the package. Then you do not need to immediately drain the water, but you need to pour a glass of ice water into the pan with pasta. Cover and hold for 2 minutes. This will stop the boiling water, and in a warm liquid, pasta will reach the desired condition, and will not be boiled. It remains only to drain them through a colander. Additionally, rinse with water is not necessary!
Seafood Cocktail
Before considering a spaghetti recipe with a sea cocktail, let's look at what is included in its composition.
In our country, blanks are sold in packages, slightly frozen. The composition includes many seafood:
- squid rings;
- its tentacles;
- pieces of cuttlefish with tentacles;
- octopuses - small whole or sliced ββpieces of specimens larger;
- meat of mussels or other mollusks, for example rapan;
- peeled shrimp.
All ingredients are a little blanched or boiled, so they cook spaghetti with a sea cocktail quite quickly. Consider a couple of popular recipes with step-by-step instructions and a list of necessary ingredients.
Sea cocktail pasta
It takes only 20 minutes to prepare such a delicious dish. Prepare everything you need in advance so that you are not distracted by the search for ingredients during the cooking process.
The recipe for spaghetti is designed for two eaters, so we take 250 grams of pasta. The remaining components:
- butter - 20 grams;
- packaging of frozen seafood mix - 400 grams;
- 200 ml cream;
- a little grated parmesan - 30 g;
- spices on a small pinch - black pepper (ground), nutmeg;
- 2 medium sized cloves of garlic.
First, we will work on a recipe with a frozen sea cocktail. You will need a frying pan. After heating, put a piece of oil in it and squeeze out 2 peeled garlic cloves through the scampi. Then pour seafood there. Since they were frozen, they immediately release excess water. Stew until the liquid has evaporated. Only after that, cream is poured into the pan and spices are thrown. We set everything aside, while we ourselves are engaged in the preparation of the sauce.
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To make pasta sauce with a sea cocktail, we need:
- good quality olive oil, for example Extra Virgin - 50 grams;
- 3 small cloves of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons of pine nuts;
- a bunch of green basil;
- grated parmesan - 50 grams;
- a pinch of salt.
The sauce is prepared unusually fast. You just need to wash the basil, peel the garlic, grate the cheese on a fine grater. Pour it all into a blender and add the rest of the ingredients. It remains only to press the button, and in a minute the sauce is ready! It remains to boil the spaghetti, add the sauce to the pan and mix thoroughly. Then everything is sent to the pan to connect with seafood. At the end, the dish is sprinkled with grated Parmesan. Bon Appetit!
Shrimp Spaghetti Recipe in Creamy Sauce
For such a dish, cook:
- frozen shrimp - packing 400 grams;
- 2 tablespoons of fat cream (35%);
- Parmesan cheese
- dried herbs, it is desirable that the composition was oregano;
- spaghetti (the amount you take depending on the number of eaters);
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- a pinch of black pepper and salt;
- 50 grams of butter.
Peel the garlic cloves and cut into thin plates. Then we put the pan on the fire and after heating we put a piece of butter, then pour the chopped slices of garlic, so that the oil is saturated with the smell. As soon as the garlic begins to brown, take it out with a spoon. He has already fulfilled his function.
Shrimp Cooking
Shrimps can be used both frozen, which are already cooked, and fresh. Consider how to cook one and the other according to the recipe for spaghetti with shrimp in a creamy sauce.
Frozen shrimp is poured into the pan and poured with boiling water, covered with a lid and allowed to stand for 5 minutes. Then they are poured into a colander and the excess liquid is drained. Then they can already be stewed with the addition of other components required by prescription.
If you bought fresh shrimp, then you need to boil them first. To do this, shrimp are placed in a pan and poured with water, so that the proportions are 1: 2. When the mass boils, make the fire quieter and boil until cooked. If the shrimp is small, it will take 6 or 7 minutes, and if large, then 10. When boiling, you can use spices, bay leaf, lemon, etc. The shrimp are ready when they turn pink and float to the surface.
Further cooking
When the shrimps are prepared, they are poured into garlic oil in a pan, frying on all sides over medium heat. Then add spices, dried herbs and spread the cream. The mixture is brought to a boil, then the fire is made quieter and stewed until the sauce thickens, about 2 minutes. Top the sauce sprinkled with grated parmesan. Boiled spaghetti spread on a plate and pour over the sauce. Bon Appetit!
As you can see from the article, making spaghetti with a sea cocktail or some shrimp is easy. Cooking takes a minimum, so you can please such an unexpected dish in just 20 minutes.