Italian Pasta Recipes - Seafood Spaghetti (Spaghetti con Frutti di Mare) Recipe

Ingredients                     

• 225 g/8 oz cooked peeled prawns (shrimp)

• 225 g/8 oz shelled scallops

• 150 ml/2/3 cup dry white wine

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 3 tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped

• 350 g/12 oz spaghetti

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Poach the scallops in the white wine for 5 minutes. Lift out of the wine and cut in quarters.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan (skillet) and cook the onion for 2 minutes until soft.

3. Add the tomatoes and wine from the scallops and cook rapidly for 5 minutes, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

4. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and add the spaghetti. Cook for 10 minutes until firm but tender.

5. Drain well and place in a warmed serving dish. Stir the scallops and prawns into the tomato sauce and season well with the salt and pepper.

6. Heat for 5 minutes and spoon over the spaghetti.