Paccheri con Sugo di Mare (Italian - Main Course) Recipe
Large tube pasta served with a seafood sauce, which can include a variety of shellfish such as clams, mussels, and prawns.
Ingredients:
Paccheri Pasta - 14oz (400g)
Clams - 1lb 2oz (500g)
Mussels - 1lb 2oz (500g)
Prawns - 1lb 2oz (500g)
Tomato Passata - 2 cups (500ml)
Garlic - 4 cloves
White Wine - 1 cup (250ml)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 4 tbsp
Salt - To taste
Fresh Parsley - 4 tbsp
Instructions
In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil. Add the Paccheri pasta and cook according to package instructions until al dente. Drain and keep aside.
While the pasta is cooking, clean the clams and mussels. In a separate pan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sauté the garlic until fragrant. Add the clams, mussels, and prawns and cook for a few minutes until the shells open up and the prawns are pin
In the same pan, add 2 more tablespoons of olive oil and sauté some more garlic until fragrant. Add the tomato passata and white wine and cook for 10-15 minutes until the sauce thickens. Add salt to taste.
Add the cooked seafood to the tomato sauce and mix well.
Add the cooked Paccheri pasta to the seafood sauce and mix until all the pasta is coated with the sauce.
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