Seafood Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cooked pasta

1. 1
   Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.

   ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot

   💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
2. 2
   Reserve cup of the cooking water before draining.

   ⚙ Saving the cooking waterLadleorMeasuring cup

   💡The cooking water is starchy: a spoonful or two binds the sauce to the pasta or the gnocchi and makes it glossy.
3. 3
   Drain.

   Colander

To assemble

1. 4
   Heat the olive oil in a large pot and fry the onion, garlic and chili 3 minutes, until the onion softens.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
2. 5
   Add the calamari and fry 2 minutes.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 6
   Add the wine and cook 2 minutes.

   Stove
4. 7
   Add the tomatoes and cook 10 minutes, until the tomatoes soften.

   Stove
5. 8
   Add the mussels, cover and cook 5–7 minutes, until they open. Discard any mussels that didn't open.

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   💡Discard mussels that are open before cooking and don't close when tapped, and mussels that stay closed after cooking.
6. 9
   Add the shrimp and cook another 2–3 minutes, until pink.

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7. 10
   Add the drained pasta and the parsley, season with salt and black pepper and toss well.
8. 11
   Serve immediately.