Spaghetti in a Package: Spaghetti al Cartoccio

Name: Spaghetti in a Package: Spaghetti al Cartoccio
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams calamari rings; 6 servings Chili pepper flakes, to taste; 454 grams clams, cleaned; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 1 bunches fresh chopped parsley leaves, plus extra for garnish; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 454 grams mussels, cleaned and de-bearded; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive; 710 milliliters fresh or canned Italian plum tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 454 grams spaghetti; 118 milliliters water

Spaghetti in a Package: Spaghetti al Cartoccio requires around 1 hour and 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 6. This main course has 429 calories, 29g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and pescatarian diet. If you have calamari rings, parsley leaves, wine, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert.

Instructions

Place the mussels and clams in a large pot with a lid.

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Mussels

Clams

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Pot

Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, white wine and the water. Stir to combine. Cover the pot with the lid and place over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the shells open, about 5 to 8 minutes.

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White Wine

Olive Oil

Pasta Shells

Water

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Pot

Remove the pot from the heat and carefully remove the mussels and clams from their shells. Pass the liquid through a fine strainer and reserve.

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Mussels

Pasta Shells

Clams

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Sieve

Pot

Pour 1/2 cup of olive oil in a 3 or 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. When the oil is hot, but not smoking, add the garlic and cook until pale gold, about 5 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the calamari, season with salt and pepper, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Squid

Add the tomatoes, and simmer for 20 minutes more.

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Tomato

Add lots of parsley, mussels, clams, chili flakes and reserved broth. Simmer, covered, for 1 to 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Mussels

Parsley

Broth

Clams

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

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In a large pot, bring 6 quarts water to a rolling boil and add 2 tablespoons salt.

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Water

Salt

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Pot

Add the spaghetti and parboil 6 minutes, stirring often.

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Spaghetti

Drain and remove to a strainer in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.

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Water

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Sieve

Bowl

Drain the pasta and add to a bowl.

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Pasta

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Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil and toss. Spoon half of the seafood sauce over the pasta and toss again to mix well.

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Olive Oil

Seafood

Pasta

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Using a large square piece of foil turn up all 4 sides of the foil square, forming a 3 to 4-inch wall barricade, so that the sauce won't run out. Spoon all of the pasta and sauce onto the foil square. Pull the sides of the foil in over the mound of pasta and sauce, and seal at the top to form a large package. This can also be done using 4 smaller-sized squares of foil, to create 4 smaller packages.

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Pasta

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Aluminum Foil

Place the package (or packages) on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes.

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Carefully transfer the cooked package (or packages) to 1 large serving dish (or 4 smaller ones). Slice the top of the package open with a knife and serve hot.

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