It is time to play with the Cooked in Translation recipe of the month. Each month a group of crazy bloggers gets together and plays with a classic recipe and offers an interpretation of a the dish that is in someway fusion. This month we are playing with fish soup and the original recipe that Stacy proposed was cajun redfish courtbuillon. Fancy, right?
And how does an Italian fusionize seafood soup? Simple: just add pasta! So that is what I did. And I took the ingredients of seafood soup and made a beautiful seafood pasta.
Hope you will enjoy it!
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti or linguine
- 1 lb mussels
- 1/2 lb littleneck clams
- 10-12 peeled shrimp
- garlic
- oil
- saffron
- parsley
Directions
- Start boiling the water for pasta and cook it very al dente (about 3 minutes shy of the right cooking time).
- Meanwhile in a large pan or a wok, warm up some oil and use it to cook 2 clove of garlic keeping them whole. Once the garlic has browned, add in the mussels and the clams and sautee them for a couple of minutes until they open up. Get the clams out of the pan and filter their cooking liquid.
- Now warm up some more oil in the same pan, add two whole garlic loaves and when they are browned quickly cook the shrimp to the pan. Add back the shucked clams and their cooking liquid in which you dissolved the saffron. Save a couple of un-shucked clams to decorate
- Now add the semi-cooked pasta to the pan, add some chopped up parsley and mix well.
- Pour the dressed pasta on a sheet of aluminum foil and close the foil up in a packet so that the steam cannot escape. Add a bit of oil and water if the pasta is too dry. Place the foil packet in a hot oven for about 5 minutes.
- Serve piping hot.
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Hi! I'm PolaM, the Italian cooking in the Midwest.
“Just add pasta!” hehehe I LOVE that!
Fish soup is something my mother makes thus I have never even attempted it. Yours sounds so so good!!
Kate@Diethood recently posted..Jack O’ Lantern Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and a Halloween Link Party
I looooove seafood pasta. That panful looks delicious!
Nuts about food recently posted..Gnocchi alla Romana
Love seafood! The pasta must be very flavourful!
Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted..Pumpkin Puree layered with Pepita Pesto
I love seafood pasta, maybe even more than meat pasta. I love the way you cooked the dish to lock in all the flavours.
Adora recently posted..FILIPINO STYLE SPAGHETTI
what a beautiful dish! never heard of this alluminium “trick”. your invention or something typical from your region or something you learn from a chef? whatever it is, the result sounds and looks amazing!
My Italian Smörgåsbord recently posted..Durum Wheat Bread
I knew I’d have to keep reading once I read “fusionize”. What a clever dish and it looks really tasty.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef recently posted..Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Instant Cookies
Ciao penso proprio che il tuo blog possa essere un punto di interesse per chi vuole avvicinarsi al cibo stile mediterraneo, la’ dove vivi…molto bella questa pasta, complimenti
Mila recently posted..Pasta al forno con cavolfiore
Seafood, and I’m there—YUMMY!!
The Squishy Monster recently posted..Apple Pickin’ and
Wow… what a great presentation.
Lovely seafood pasta!
Ramona recently posted..Coconut Butterscotch Cake Cookies
Looks fabulous! Pasta improves everything.
Dara recently posted..Brussels Sprout Stir Fry
I love pasta that has clams. The juice from clams is amazing! Your foil technique is interesting and I want to give it a try! Love simple but really great savory pasta like this.
Nami | Just One Cookbook recently posted..Grilled Sanma 秋刀魚の塩焼き
I adore seafood and seafood pasta is so incredibly delicious! I love your dish, Pola!
Magda recently posted..The Tyrokafteri
I’d eat this in a minute. And I *won’t* share!!!
Frank recently posted..Focaccia al rosmarino (Rosemary Flat Bread)
I find it difficult to pass up seafood pasta if I see it on a menu. I’m happy if it has a generous amount of seafood on it-like this one!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella recently posted..Rainbow Salad
I love seafood dishes. This sounds like a really delicious idea, it reminds me of a seafood paella except with pasta (which is even better).
Kat recently posted..Chickpea and Potato Salad with Cilantro Dressing
Oooh this sounds amazing. I love your technique of putting everything in a foil packet in the oven, so creative!
li adoro,sembra di sentirne il profumo del mare….buona serata:)
tina recently posted..Chitarrine di Elice all’amatriciana
This reminds me of a lovely dish I enjoyed in Venice just a few months ago! I vowed to try to replicate it when I got home but, you know how those things go and, to date, I have yet to do it. So thanks for this, Paola. It looks delicious!
Stacy recently posted..Cajun Courtbouillon for #CookedinTranslation
This is great, an original interpretation! Linguine and clams are always a hit for me, you can tell, I’m a vongole fan!