Change of plans. Fred was coming home late from work so I decided we should eat at home instead. I whipped out my pan (made a mistake lah - should not have used this non-stick one, now it's gotten some scratches... aiyah! wat was I thinking?) & here's the making of seafood linguine, copied from one of the food channels (love it!)
Fry garlic and chilli in a good drizzle of olive oil... ohhh, extra virgin olive oil, best of the best!! Meanwhile, prepare the pasta by boiling in water, always adding salt & olive oil AGAIN to taste. Learned this from Jamie ;)
Put in peeled prawns & clams. Then add a good drizzle of white wine. Must-have!! Tip: would be better to add the prawns in only slightly later if you want them to be more tender & cooked just right.
The gravy gives the main taste to this dish. Excites me!
Wait a little for the clams to open up. Then transfer the linguine from pot to pan. Allow to soak up the gravy.
Add the greens - rocket & young spinach & flip them around just to warm. Correct the taste with coarse pepper.
Passed the test of Fred food-tasting. Yipeeeee!!! Approval is SWEET!
The linguine was extremely smooth & we liked it slightly wet with the gravy. The strands just glided down the throat & the mixture of wine, prawn and clam broth exploded inside! Finally, we've tasted justice from the last visit to Pastamania when we found that they had substituted white wine with chicken stock in their seafood pasta. Yucks!
This goes superbly well with a fruity white wine (oh, u can tell we are alcoholics ;P). I gave myself a bonus for the effort. Macademia nut ice cream to cool the excited taste buds! Eating at home is jus such a simple, rewarding, pleasurable & intimate affair.
Put in peeled prawns & clams. Then add a good drizzle of white wine. Must-have!! Tip: would be better to add the prawns in only slightly later if you want them to be more tender & cooked just right.
The gravy gives the main taste to this dish. Excites me!
Wait a little for the clams to open up. Then transfer the linguine from pot to pan. Allow to soak up the gravy.
Add the greens - rocket & young spinach & flip them around just to warm. Correct the taste with coarse pepper.
Passed the test of Fred food-tasting. Yipeeeee!!! Approval is SWEET!
The linguine was extremely smooth & we liked it slightly wet with the gravy. The strands just glided down the throat & the mixture of wine, prawn and clam broth exploded inside! Finally, we've tasted justice from the last visit to Pastamania when we found that they had substituted white wine with chicken stock in their seafood pasta. Yucks!
This goes superbly well with a fruity white wine (oh, u can tell we are alcoholics ;P). I gave myself a bonus for the effort. Macademia nut ice cream to cool the excited taste buds! Eating at home is jus such a simple, rewarding, pleasurable & intimate affair.
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