Za'atar Spiced Fish Pasta with Spinach

Name: Za'atar Spiced Fish Pasta with Spinach
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 142 grams baby spinach, roughly chopped; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 1 clove garlic, minced; 2 servings salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste; 12 pitted kalamata olives, chopped fine; 2 Tbsps dried lemon thyme (or regular dried thyme); 1 zest of meyer lemon; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Tbsps chopped parsley; 227 grams pasta--I used shells; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes (or aleppo pepper); 2 teaspoons sea salt; 2 servings more toasted sesame seeds; 3 Tbsps toasted sesame seeds; 2 shallots, minced; 340 grams white fish filets such as snapper, cod or tilapia; 1 spring onion (or 2 scallions), minced; 2 Tbsps sumac; 473 milliliters chopped tomatoes; 2 servings zaatar seasoning from above

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Za'atar Spiced Fish Pasta with Spinach a try. This dairy free and pescatarian recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains approximately 58g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 1042 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt and fresh-ground pepper, sumac, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Dry fish filets and sprinkle both sides with za'atar spice rub.You will not use all of it. Some will go into the sauce when cooking and you will probably have some left over.

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Fish

In a large saucepan (You will ultimately put the pasta in this pan so it should be large.), heat oil over medium heat, and saute shallots, onions and garlic till soft but not browned, about 3-5 minutes.

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Add tomatoes and wine, and turn up heat so that sauce comes to low boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Stir in about a tablespoon of za'atar and add spinach, stirring till wilted.

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Tomato

Spinach

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Boil salted water for pasta. While water is coming up to boil, cut fish into 1 inch pieces, and put fish and seasoning into tomato sauce. Stir so that fish pieces are completely covered. Stir in chopped kalamata olives and red pepper flakes (or aleppo pepper).

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Fish

Cook the pasta to just al dente.

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Pasta

Drain pasta, reserving about 1/4 cup of pasta water in case you need it for the sauce (I didn't.). Stir pasta into sauce, taking care to leave fish in rather large chunks. Taste and adjust seasoning. You may want to add salt and pepper or more za'atar seasoning.

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Water

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Zaatar

Pasta

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Fish

To serve, spoon pasta with sauce onto plate and sprinkle with chopped parsley, lemon zest and sesame seeds.

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Sesame Seeds

Lemon Zest

Parsley

Pasta

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Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. You could try GIFFT by Kathie Lee Gifford Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 15 dollars per bottle.