Winter nights and family gatherings are all about wholesome food dishes. When sitting with family all you want is to have a delicious plate of food sitting in front of you that you can enjoy while having the best time of your life with your family. And what better way to make your night amazing than a perfect plate of seafood pasta. Are we right?
Therefore, to make your nights amazing we have brought for you some delicious pasta recipes that you can try at home. Thus enjoying restaurant-quality dishes with comfort! If you love the best seafood boil in Greensboro that you find at Red Crab juicy seafood, then trust us you will fall in love with these recipes too. Because they are by the same chef! Isn’t that amazing! So why wait? Let’s give them a try!
Recipe 1: Spaghetti with Shrimps, Clams, and Mussels
Just like the amazing and mouthwatering seafood boil in Greensboro we have yet another pasta recipe for you. To make this delicious pasta dish you would need the following ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 dozen of clams (scrubbed cleaned)
- 2 dozen of mussels (scrubbed cleaned)
- ¾ pound of medium-sized shrimp (washed, deveined, and cut in half)
- 1 pound of spaghetti
- ¼ cup of dry white wine
- 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
- 8 cloves of garlic (chopped)
- 1 ½ pound of cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
- 2 tbsp of parsley (chopped)
- ½ tbsp of crushed red pepper
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
Directions
Take a medium-sized saucepan. Pour the white wine in it and bring it to a boil. Add mussels to the pan and let them steam. Check on them after 2 minutes to see if they are open. With the help of tongs, transfer the open mussels to a bowl and discard the ones which are not open. Next, add clams to the saucepan and leave them on high heat till they open. Once they are open transfer them to the bowl with the mussels. Pour the remaining cooking liquid in a tumbler to measure the amount. Make sure that you leave behind any grit that it has. Next, shell both the mussels and the clams.
Now, pour the olive oil into the pan and heat it. Add garlic to the oil and let it fry for 3 minutes until golden brown. Next, add half of all the cherry tomatoes along with the red pepper let it cook. Crush the tomatoes with a wooden spoon when they have become soft. Do this until it turns into a thick juice and let it cook for the next 4 minutes. The next step is to add the shellfish to the pan. Keep the pan on simmer until the liquid has slightly reduced.
Now boil your spaghetti in a big pot in salted boiling water. All the while, let the sauce cook and thicken, on moderate heat. Now add the rest of the cherry tomatoes and the mussels and clams you had set aside. Stir it evenly and keep it on simmer.
Once your spaghetti is done, drain it and add the seafood sauce to it. Toss till all of the sauce is around the spaghetti. Season your pasta with salt and pepper and finally garnish with parsley. And serve!
Recipe 2: Crab Pasta with Mushrooms and Pesto
This delicious seafood pasta recipe with pesto is almost everyone’s favorite. Just like the seafood boil in Greensboro is famous all around the US. This pasta dish also has made its way to the menus of all big restaurants. And the more amazing part is that it is gluten-free! So you can enjoy it all the while maintaining your diet.
Ingredients
- 3, 6-ounce cans of crabmeat
- 2, 12-ounce boxes of spaghetti (gluten-free)
- ½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 packets of the pesto sauce mix
- 1 cup of water
- A pound of baby cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
- A pound of white mushrooms (sliced)
- Pecorino Romano cheese (shredded)
- Lemon wedges for garnishing
Directions
Take a big pot of boiling salted water and cook your spaghetti in it. In the meanwhile, prepare for the sauce. Take a saucepan and wish together olive oil, water, and the pesto mix. Put this pan on the heat and bring the mixture to a boil.
Next, lower the heat and add the cherry tomatoes and eth sliced mushrooms to the sauce. Make sure to let the sauce cook on low heat. Do so till the tomatoes have become tender. Now add the crab meat to the sauce and let it cook on simmer for the next 10 minutes.
Make sure that your sauce is simmering, if not then you can turn up the heat. Check on your past. If it is fully cooked, strain it and add it to the sauce.
Toss the pasta in the sauce till all of it is fully covered. Top the pasts with cheese and decorate it with lemon wedges. And serve!
Recipe 3: Crawfish Pasta
Next, we have a crawfish pasta recipe for you. This is great to enjoy the cold winter night indoors. Easy to make and would excite your taste buds in a jiffy. So let’s get cooking!
Ingredients
- 2 packets of Louisiana crawfish meat
- 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth (vegetable broth as an alternative)
- 1 packet of dried pasta
- 4 tbsp. of all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp. of butter
- 1 can of tomato paste
- 2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
- 2 green bell peppers (chopped)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- Celery as you need (chopped)
- Creole seasoning to taste
Directions
Firstly, take a large pot of boiling water and add salt to it. Once done, add your dried pasta to the water and let it cook. Meanwhile, prepare the pasta sauce. Add butter to a pan and put all of the vegetables in it. Sauté the onions, celery, bell peppers, and garlic until they are soft and caramelized.
Next, add flour to the vegetables and stir till it surrounds all the vegetables. Add the tomato sauce to the pan and leave it to simmer. Check on your pasta and if it is well done then strain it and leave it to cool.
Now, add the crawfish meat to your sauce and let it cook for another 2 minutes. Once done add the creole seasoning and let it simmer.
Now add the chicken broth to the sauce and bring it to a boil till the sauce thickens. Now, put the boiled pasta in the sauce and toss it. You can top your pasta with additional butter, some grated parmesan cheese, and parsley if you like. Serve and enjoy while it is still hot!
