Main Courses Recipes - Spaghetti Marinara Recipe

Ingredients

• 20 black mussels

• 200g/7oz raw peeled medium prawns

• 50ml/2fl oz white wine

• 50ml/2fl oz fish stock

• 1 garlic clove (crushed)

• 350g/12oz spaghetti

• 25g/1oz butter

• 100g/4oz calamari rings

• 100g/4oz skinless cod fillets (cubed)

• 200g/7oz canned clams (drained)

For the tomato sauce:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 onion (finely chopped)

• 1 carrot (sliced)

• 2 garlic cloves (crushed)

• 400g/14oz canned crushed tomatoes

• 125ml/4fl oz white wine

• 1 teaspoon sugar

Serves 6

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Method:

1. For the tomato sauce, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion and carrot and stir over a medium heat for 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are lightly browned.

2. Add the garlic, tomatoes, white wine and sugar. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and gently simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Scrub the mussels with a stiff brush and pull out all the hairy beards. Discard any broken mussels, or open ones that do not close when tapped on the work surface. Rinse well. . Peel the prawns and gently pull out the dark vein.

4. Heat the wine together with the stock and garlic in a large pan. Add the mussels. Cover the pan and shake it over a high heat for 4 to 5 minutes. After 3 minutes, start removing any opened mussels and set them aside. After 5 minutes, discard any unopened mussels and reserve the liquid.

5. Cook the spaghetti in a large pan of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain and keep warm.

6. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the calamari rings, fish and prawns in batches and stir-fry for 2 minutes, or until just cooked through.

7. Remove from the heat and add the reserved liquid, mussels, calamari, fish, prawns and clams to the tomato sauce and stir gently until heated through. Gently combine the sauce with the pasta and serve at once.