Spaghetti with seafood Recipe

Spaghetti with seafood Recipe

  • 250g/9oz dried spaghetti
  • 2 medium sized courgettes, cut into long thin strips
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g/5½oz peeled prawns (uncooked and larger prawns cut into small pieces)
  • 150g/5½oz clams in their shells, cleaned
  • 1 medium squid, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley
  • pinch dried chilli, or a whole dried chilli broken into pieces
  • 10 datterini tomatoes (small plum tomatoes), cut into quarters
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  1. In a saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions, adding the courgettes to the boiling water with the pasta for the final 5 minutes of cooking.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan and add the prawns, clams and squid. (Discard any clams with broken shells, or open clams that do not close when given a sharp tap).
  3. Cook for one minute then add the garlic, parsley, chilli and tomatoes. Take off the heat.
  4. When the pasta and courgettes are 'al dente' remove using a slotted spoon. Add to the frying pan, place back on the heat and add one ladle of pasta water.
  5. Cook for a further 2 minutes tossing the frying pan so the courgettes, tomatoes, squid, prawns and clams become emulsified with the pasta. Season with salt and pepper and serve.