Fish And Pasta With Wine Sauce Recipes

FISH AND PASTA WITH WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring 3 to 4 quarts of water to a boil in a pot set over high heat. Meanwhile, with a vegetable peeler, remove about 10 to 12 strips from the outermost surface of the skin of the lemon, which contains the essential oils and thus is the most flavorful part of the skin. Stack them up together and cut into tiny strips (julienne). This should yield about 3 tablespoons.
• Heat the oil in a small saucepan. When hot, add the onion and thyme and cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, julienned lemon peel, clam juice, wine and 1 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and continue boiling about 1 minute.
• To the water now boiling in the pot, add the pasta with a dash of salt and stir. Bring the water back to boil and continue boiling for about 10-12 minutes, depending on whether you like your pasta al dente or more tender.
• While the pasta is cooking, add the pieces of fish to the wine sauce and bring the sauce just back to boil. Cover and set the fish and sauce aside until serving time.
• As soon as the pasta is cooked, drain in a colander and return to the pot in which it was cooked. Pour about 1/2 cup of the wine sauce over the pasta and toss to moisten the pasta. Add the remaining 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper and toss again.
• Arrange the pasta either on a large platter or on individual plates and top with the remainder of the sauce and the pieces of fish. Garnish with the parsley or basil and serve immediately with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

CREAMY ONE-POT MUSHROOM AND LEEK PASTA

Steps:

• Heat a wide, deep 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high. When hot, add the olive oil and leeks, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until softened and lightly golden, 5 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and mushrooms. Cook, undisturbed, for 2 minutes, then stir and cook, undisturbed, until the mushrooms start to caramelize and stick to the bottom of the pan, another 2 to 3 minutes. (This allows the water from the mushrooms to evaporate, encouraging caramelization.) Add the juice of one lemon half to deglaze the pan and stir to combine.
• Add the pasta and stock; stir well. Cover with lid and cook on medium heat. Begin tasting pasta 10 minutes after you add it. (All pasta shapes and brands will have different cooking times. You want the pasta to be just tender.)
• Once the pasta is cooked, turn off the heat and add the butter and parsley. Squeeze in the juice from the remaining lemon half and stir until butter is melted and dispersed. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, top with ricotta, red-pepper flakes (to taste) and more chopped parsley.

PASTA WITH FISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse the fish heads and drain them in a colander. Put the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat and sauté the onion until it is translucent. Add the garlic and sauté until it is pale gold. Add 2 tablespoons of the parsley, stir, and add the fish heads.
• Turn the heads over, then add the wine. Let it bubble for a minute, then add the tomatoes with their juice. Season with salt and pepper and stir. Cook at a gentle simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the heads from the pan. Using a spoon, scoop out any meat on the cheeks, around the collar and on top of the head and set it aside. Remove and discard any large bones. Put the remainder of the heads in a food mill fitted with a coarse disc. Force the juices and pulp through the mill into the pan.
• Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer and cook for 20 minutes, stirring frequently, until it thickens. Add the reserved pieces of fish, stir, and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta, drain it and toss it with the sauce. Add the remaining parsley and the butter and toss again.