Pasta (Linguine) with Squid & Rye Bread Sauce
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian
Pasta (Linguine) with Squid & Rye Bread Sauce
Description
This Pasta (Linguine) with Squid & Rye Bread Sauce combines fresh calamari with linguine pasta, bathed in a fragrant broth of fish stock, olive oil, garlic, and cherry tomatoes. The squid is quickly sautéed to maintain tenderness, then combined with cooked linguine finished in the flavored broth and garnished with parsley.
The dish is enhanced by a rye bread sauce crafted by toasting diced rye bread and cooking it down with julienned shallots, thyme, white wine, and chicken stock. Once blended and strained, the sauce forms a smooth, slightly tangy accompaniment that contrasts the tender pasta and squid.
Serving the squid-topped pasta nest surrounded by the rye bread sauce creates a dish with contrasting textures and layers of flavor, suitable for a refined seafood meal. The rye bread sauce provides an unusual but complementary addition to the pasta, enriching the overall presentation and taste.
Ingredients
Linguine and Squid:
- 500 grams linguine or spaghetti & other pasta, di Gragnano
- 10 squid average, sliced, aka calamari
- 1 liter fish stock
- olive oil extra virgin
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- black pepper
- cherry tomato
- parsley
Bread Sauce:
- 1 rye bread
- 2 shallot julienne
- 6 prigs thyme
- olive oil extra virgin
- white wine
Instructions
Bread Sauce
- Dice the bread and toast it in the oven.
- Sauté the julienne shallots with oil and thyme.
- Add the bread.
- Deglaze with the white wine then pour in the chicken stock.
- When cooked, process all together and pass through a fine strainer.
Linguine and Squid
- Sauté two cloves of garlic in a little olive oil.
- Add sliced calamari and cook quickly.
- Add the fish stock, more extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Cook the linguine in salted water and finish cooking in the pan.
- When cooked, add the squid parsley and cherry tomatoes.
- With the help of a colander and tongs make a nest of linguine and place it in the middle of the plate.
- Pour the bread sauce around the linguine and finally place calamari on the linguine.
Notes
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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