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Paella-Style Shellfish Pasta

3.4

(12)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

2 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 ounces fideos (thin Spanish noodles in coils) or thin spaghetti, either pasta broken into 2-inch lengths
6 large shrimp (16 to 20 per pound), shelled
6 large sea scallops
6 New Zealand cockles or Manila clams, scrubbed
1/2 of a 9-ounce package frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
1 teaspoon minced fresh chives

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 400°F.

    Step 2

    In a saucepan bring broth and wine to a boil and stir in saffron. Keep mixture at a simmer. In a heavy ovenproof skillet measuring 8 inches across the bottom heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sautƩ uncooked pasta, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes. Pour simmering broth mixture over pasta and simmer 5 minutes.

    Step 3

    Nestle shellfish and artichoke hearts into pasta and bake, uncovered, in middle of oven until liquid is reduced to a syrupy glaze (pasta should be tender but crisp on top), about 20 minutes.

  2. Step 4

    Sprinkle pasta with chives.

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