Pasta With Pea Greens And Squid Recipes

PASTA WITH PEAS

Steps:

• Warm the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook until the onion has softened and is turning translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add the peas and cook stirring frequently about 1 minute.
• Then add vegetable broth (or water), raise the heat, bring to a boil and stir in pasta and salt (I use 1 tsp of salt and then I adjust the seasoning at the end).
• Reduce the heat, cover with a lid, and cook your pasta in the starchy water. During the cooking time, you need to stir often until the water is absorbed, otherwise, it will stick to the bottom. The water should barely cover the pasta, but it's fine, add extra water gradually only if needed.
• Cook until ready but firm to the bite. Turn off the heat and stir in freshly grated parmesan cheese until melted. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• Serve immediately with a drizzle of olive oil, black pepper, and extra parmesan cheese if you like. Enjoy!

PASTA ALLA CAPRICCIOSELLA (PASTA WITH SQUID, MUSHROOMS AND PEAS)

Steps:

• In a sauté pan large enough to hold all the pasta, sauté the garlic cloves in abundant olive oil over moderate heat until they are just beginning to brown. Remove the garlic cloves and add the chopped calamari. Season with salt and pepper, stirring so that all the little pieces are nicely coated with the flavored oil. Turn the heat down to very low and cover the pan.
• Let the squid braise until it is very tender, about 20-30 minutes for baby squid, 45-60 minutes for 'regular' squid. The squid will give off a fair amount of liquid to begin with, but as it cooks it may dry out, in which case add a few spoonfuls of water or wine from time to time to keep things moist. The squid itself should be much reduced in size and darken as its liquid cooks out; this is perfectly normal.
• While the squid is cooking, start the pasta water going, then prep your veggies.
• When the squid is done, uncover it, increase the heat to medium-high and add the white wine. Let the wine reduce, then add your veggies. Mix well to cover them completely with the sauce in the pan. Season well with salt and pepper as you stir.
• Then, once again, reduce the heat and cover the pan. Let the veggies braise until the mushrooms are tender, about another 10 minutes or so. The tomatoes will soften and begin to 'melt' into the sauce, but not completely. A minute or two before the end, add the red pepper flakes and half of the chopped parsley.
• Just when you cover the pan again, salt the boiling water very well and add your pasta, making sure that . it should be done about the same time as your veggies. When it is done very al dente, add the pasta to sauce in the sauté pan. Lower the heat as low as it will go, and mix it all up so that the pasta is well coated with the sauce. If things are a bit dry or sticky, add some more pasta water to loosen things up. The pasta should not be at all watery but slight 'slither' around the pan easily.
• Serve immediately in warmed pasta dishes. The best way to do this is to grab a good portion of pasta with some tongs (or a pasta fork) and swirl it into the dish. Then spoon out a nice portion of the sauce, with squid and veggies, too, on top of the pasta. If you like, sprinkle a bit of fresh parsley on top for garnish, perhaps with un filo d'olio-a drizzle of olive oil. As the poem so rightly recommends, no cheese.

ITALIAN PASTA AND PEAS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the water, milk and butter; bring to a boil. Stir in pasta and sauce mix. Cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Stir in the peas, mushrooms and oregano; cook 3-4 minutes longer or until pasta is tender. Remove from the heat. Sauce will thicken upon standing.

PASTA WITH PEA GREENS AND SQUID

Steps:

• Boil the pasta in a large pot of salted water until tender and drain well.
• In a large skillet, warm the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook until it begins to turn golden, about 1 minute. Add the chili pepper and raise the flame to high. Add the squid and toss for approximately 1 minute. Add the pea greens or watercress and toss for 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
• Toss the squid mixture with the pasta.
• Add the lemon and lime rinds and toss well.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

SQUID INK SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• For pasta dough, place flour and ½ tsp fine salt in an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add remaining ingredients and mix until a dough forms, adding extra water 1 tsp at a time if the dough is too stiff. Transfer to a bench and knead until smooth and elastic (5 minutes). Cover and refrigerate (1 hour). Cut dough into 6 pieces. Working with one piece at a time, keeping remainder covered, flatten, then roll through a pasta machine, starting at the first setting. Roll and laminate dough a few times on the first setting, then reduce settings notch by notch, rolling and folding dough as you go, until 2mm thick. Trim pasta sheets into manageable pieces, roll through the spaghetti attachment, then hang until dry (20 minutes). Store in a floured container until ready to use.
• Cook unpeeled garlic in olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat until very tender but not browned (40-45 minutes). Drain, then squeeze out garlic. Discard skins and reserve oil.
• Heat 50ml reserved garlic oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add cuttlefish, chilli, wine and garlic, and sauté, tossing until cuttlefish is just cooked (2-2½ minutes).
• Meanwhile, cook spaghetti and peas in a large saucepan of boiling salted water until pasta is al dente and peas are bright green (2 minutes). Drain, reserving a little pasta water. Add spaghetti and 1-2 tbsp reserved pasta water to cuttlefish mixture and toss to combine. Working quickly (pasta and cuttlefish can easily overcook), add parsley and lemon juice, season to taste and toss to combine. Drizzle with garlic oil (reserve remainder for another use) and top with bronze fennel to serve.

PACCHERI WITH SHELLFISH, SQUID, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Grate tomatoes, cut side down, on the largest holes of a box grater into a medium bowl until only the skin is left. Finely chop skin and add to bowl.
• Cut squid bodies in half lengthwise, then cut each half crosswise into 1/2" pieces. Place in a small bowl. Cut tentacles in half crosswise; add to bowl.
• Heat 3 Tbsp. oil in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high. Add reserved shrimp shells and heads (if using). Cook, smashing down on shells and heads, until shells are beginning to brown, 10-12 minutes. Add 1 cup wine and cook until reduced by half and alcohol aroma is gone, about 5 minutes. Add 2 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a bare simmer and cook until reduced by one-third, 15-20 minutes. Let stock cool 20 minutes, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing on solids, into a heatproof measuring glass (you should have about 1 1/2 cups). Set aside.
• Wipe out pot. Pour in remaining 3 Tbsp. oil and heat over medium. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until just golden, about 5 minutes. Add grated tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes thicken slightly and begin to stick to bottom of pot, 6-8 minutes. Add cockles, mussels, red pepper flakes, and remaining 1 cup wine. Cover pot and cook, shaking occasionally, until cockles and mussels are open, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer cockles and mussels to a medium bowl, leaving behind any that have not opened. Cover pot again and cook unopened cockles and mussels another minute or so, then transfer to bowl with others. Discard any that have not opened at this point. Keep shellfish sauce warm.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, until just slightly under al dente, 6-8 minutes.
• Using a heatproof measuring cup, scoop out about 1 cup pasta water. Transfer pasta to pot with sauce with a slotted spoon or mesh spider. Add reserved stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and add shrimp and squid to sauce. Cook, tossing constantly and adding pasta water a splash at a time as needed, until pasta is al dente and sauce is glossy and thick enough to cling to noodles, about 5 minutes. Add fish sauce, if using, and fold in steamed cockles and mussels. Taste and season with salt if needed.
• Transfer pasta to a platter. Top with basil and drizzle with oil.

PASTA WITH SQUID, TOMATOES, AND CAPERS

Steps:

• If squid are large, halve ring of tentacles, then cut longer tentacles, if attached, crosswise into 2-inch pieces. Pull off flaps from squid bodies and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut bodies crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rings. Pat squid dry.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté garlic and chile, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add squid and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomatoes and wine and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes. Add raisins and capers and simmer, stirring, 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
• Cook pasta in a 6-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander.
• Add pasta to tomato mixture with 1/4 cup reserved cooking water and cook over moderately high heat, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in basil, pine nuts, zest, and salt and pepper to taste. If pasta looks dry, moisten with more cooking water.
• Divide pasta among 4 plates, then drizzle each serving with some of remaining 3 tablespoons oil.