Monday, 17 March 2014

Seafood pasta with roasted vegetables and garlic white wine sauce 

This is one dish I can say I'm really proud of its my own recipe and with herbs from my own garden its a very comforting easy dish to create at home .I hope you give it a go and tell me what you think of it, Thanks for checking out my blog and I hope you get some form of inspiration to start cooking. 
Holly x
 
 I am using a fan oven also all herbs I use in my cooking are fresh unless stated otherwise , Stocks are made from scratch 

  •  Two courgettes 
  • Two plum tomatoes
  • One large sized yellow pepper, you can use red in this recipe but don't use green
  • Few sprigs of fresh thyme & rosemary
  • Two cloves of garlic peeled and thinly sliced
  • Two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • One teaspoon of salt
One teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper
Preheat your oven to 170
Slice your tomatoes in half and sprinkle with garlic and season with salt and pepper.
Add your chopped courgettes and peppers to the roasting tray with fresh rosemary and thyme, drizzle with olive oil and mix well to ensure all vegetables are well coated. bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
 
 
For the sauce
  • Two garlic cloves finely chopped
  • I medium sized onion finely diced
  • 150ml of dry white wine
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Two tins of chopped tomatoes
  • A handful of chopped parsley
  • A pinch of sugar
  • Eight mushrooms
  • Teaspoon of salt and black pepper
  • A bag of frozen seafood, you'll find it in most supermarkets reasonably cheap
To make your sauce heat a tablespoon of oil in a large pan and cook the onion, mushrooms and garlic over a medium heat until onion is softened, be careful if you add garlic to hot oil as if can go bitter. Deglaze the saucepan with 150ml of dry white wine add the zest and juice of lemon along with chopped parsley. Add your chopped tomatoes and a pinch of sugar, this brings out the sweetness in the tomatoes. At the last 10 minutes of cooking add your frozen seafood of you choice, I used Prawns, mussels and squid. The heat of the sauce will cook the seafood it will also add more flavour to your sauce. Remove your roasted vegetables from the oven and add to your sauce Cook your pasta according to packet instructions, But make sure you salt your water well before adding pasta. Arrange pasta on your serving dish and ladle your sauce over pasta, check for seasoning and serve hot.

 
 
 



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