Seafood Pasta

There is nothing better than a truly great bowl of pasta...and if that is what you want then look no further than this Seafood Pasta recipe from James. Home made pasta, clams, mussels, white wine, tomatoes, shallot, garlic, chilli, lemon, parmesan and more!

Ingredients

Pasta
  • 2kg “00” flour
  • 2kg semolina flour
  • 30x eggs

Sauce
  • 500g mussels
  • 500g clams
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves chopped
  • ½ shallot peeled and diced
  • 2x 400g tinned tomatoes
  • 100ml white wine
  • 1 red chilli, diced
  • 1 lemon juiced and zested
  • 1 small bunch basil chopped
  • 50g grated parmesan

Method

To make the pasta, add the dry ingredients to a pasta machine and slowly add the eggs until it forms a dough. Roll through the machine.

In a large pan of boiling salted water, cook the pasta for 2 minutes. Drain and keep some of the pasta water.

In another large pan, cook the garlic and shallots in the oil for 2 minutes. Add the wine, mussels and clams and cook with a lid on for 4 minutes. Then pick the meat from the mussels.

In another pan, cook the tomatoes in lots of olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the basil, mussel meat, clams and pasta and stir through.

Using a large spoon, serve up. To finish, add the lemon juice and zest and grated parmesan.

Ingredients

Pasta
  • 2kg “00” flour
  • 2kg semolina flour
  • 30x eggs

Sauce
  • 500g mussels
  • 500g clams
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves chopped
  • ½ shallot peeled and diced
  • 2x 400g tinned tomatoes
  • 100ml white wine
  • 1 red chilli, diced
  • 1 lemon juiced and zested
  • 1 small bunch basil chopped
  • 50g grated parmesan

Method

To make the pasta, add the dry ingredients to a pasta machine and slowly add the eggs until it forms a dough. Roll through the machine.

In a large pan of boiling salted water, cook the pasta for 2 minutes. Drain and keep some of the pasta water.

In another large pan, cook the garlic and shallots in the oil for 2 minutes. Add the wine, mussels and clams and cook with a lid on for 4 minutes. Then pick the meat from the mussels.

In another pan, cook the tomatoes in lots of olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the basil, mussel meat, clams and pasta and stir through.

Using a large spoon, serve up. To finish, add the lemon juice and zest and grated parmesan.