spaghetti con frutti di mare

seafood with spaghetti

The food that comes to mind when I think of a summer day with sun kissed skin from swimming in the salty sea, is ‘spaghetti con frutti di mare’! It conjures memories of sitting by the water’s edge in Lipari (the largest of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily) eating something very similar! I hope this recipe takes you away as it does me!

My hubby, Ben, and I (and our 10 year old daughter Freya) unanimously agree that this is one of our favourite dishes! One plate combining two ingredients we love dearly; seafood and pasta! Heaven! In fact, if I was asked to name my dessert island dish (or even better; my death-row dish), it would be seafood and pasta! Either ‘Spaghetti alle Vongole’ or this ‘Spaghetti con Frutti di Mare’!

This is a wonderful dish to commence proceedings on Christmas day! In fact, we cooked this meal for our entree at one of my recent ‘Italian Christmas Lunch’ cooking classes here at The Village Cooks! The only difference; we handmade strozzapretti pasta instead of serving with spaghetti! Both pastas work extremely well with seafood, however, if you are short of time, store bought (good quality) spaghetti will do the trick!

In addition, you can change up the seafood mix! I have in this particular recipe for you today a mix of prawns, mussels, clams, and scallops, however, you can substitute and/or add whatever seafood you like; squid, white fish, bugs, lobster, and so on. Just remember to consider the required cooking times for each one before serving it at the end with the pasta. For example; squid requires a little more cooking time then fish, so commence it’s heating process first! But one thing you must not change or leave out; the scallop with ‘nduja butter. This is to die for and you must absolutely include it in this dish (it is a winner!!!). ‘Nduja is a spicy Calabrese spreadable salami.

Here is little old me, with a little video demonstration of this recipe.

Buon appetito!

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