Spaghettini with Chopped Shrimp and Scallops in Rich Broth

Name: Spaghettini with Chopped Shrimp and Scallops in Rich Broth
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 small fresh hot pepper; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 4 Tbsps finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh garlic; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters finely chopped onions; 142 grams fresh scallops; 1 teaspoons sea salt; 85 grams shrimp, in their shells; 454 grams dried spaghettini; 1 tomato, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 59 milliliters water

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Spaghettini with Chopped Shrimp and Scallops in Rich Broth A mixture of butter, water, spaghettini, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the tomato you could follow this main course with the Pink Peony Popcorn Balls as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

Peel the shrimp, reserving the shells. Carefully devein the shrimp and coarsely chop. Coarsely chop the scallops and combine with the shrimp and 1/4 cup water in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse on and off to finely chop but don't create a puree.

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Scallops

Pasta Shells

Shrimp

Water

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add another tablespoon of water if the mixture becomes sticky. Cover, and set aside in the refrigerator while you make the broth.

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Broth

Water

Start the broth, or fumet, by heating the olive oil in a large straight-sided saute pan.

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Olive Oil

Broth

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Frying Pan

Add the reserved shrimp shells, onions, garlic, and hot pepper.

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Chili Pepper

Garlic

Onion

Pasta Shells

Shrimp

Saute over moderate heat for about 10 minutes until the onions have softened and the shells have turned deep pink.

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Onion

Pasta Shells

Add the wine and reduce until you have 1/4 to 1/3 cup left in the pan.

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Wine

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Frying Pan

Add 4 cups water and boil vigorously to reduce until you have about 3 cups of liquid left. Strain the fumet through a fine sieve into another large saute pan.

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Water

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Sieve

Frying Pan

Add the tomato and bring to a boil. Taste and add salt, if necessary. Set aside over very low heat and simmer gently while you cook the pasta.

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Tomato

Pasta

Salt

Bring at least 5 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Generously salt the water and drop in the spaghettini. Cook, stirring often, until the pasta is almost al dente, about 4 minutes.

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Spaghettini

Pasta

Water

Salt

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Pot

Drain the pasta and transfer to the fumet. Fold in the chopped shrimp and scallops along with the butter and parsley. Simmer just until the spaghettini is al dente and the seafood is cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Spaghettini

Scallops

Parsley