I love May Day! A day to celebrate springtime with revelry and feasts paying homage to fertility and planting. Oh to be pagan!
For your celebration today give this simple pasta dish a try – easy peasy…
Fettuccine with Spicy Seafood
serves 4
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
3 tablespoons pesto – you can substitute a commercial pesto
1 lemon zested
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes
12 jumbo shrimp, peeled
8 large scallops, heeled
2 lbs mussels, cleaned and scrubbed
1/3 cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup marinara – you can substitute a commercial sauce
Prepare fettuccine according to manufacturer
As the pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a large pot
Add shrimp and scallops and brown on both sides – this should not take longer than 2 minutes
Remove seafood from pot and set aside
Add garlic and chillies to the pot and saute for 1 minute
Add cherry tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes
Add white wine and pesto – stir gently to incorporate
Add mussels and cover until shells open – about 3 minutes
Return seafood to the pot with drained pasta
Toss, plate, garnish with lemon zest and serve
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