Sardinian lorighittas pasta with prawns and scampi.
This Sardinian lorighittas pasta with prawns and scampi is a restaurant worthy Mediterranean seafoodpasta recipe. Impress your guests with this wonderful yet easy to make dish using homemade or dried lorighittas or even a different type of pasta.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 320 g (11oz) lorighittas pasta (or spaghetti/linguine etc)
- 300 g (10.5oz) prawns (jumbo shrimp) (Fresh ot frozen, unpeeled, uncooked)
- 300 g (10.5oz) scampi (langoustines) (Fresh or frozen, unpeeled, uncooked)
- 300 g (10.5oz) datterini or cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 2 garlic cloves (peeled and chopped)
- 1 handful fresh parsley (chopped)
- salt (for pasta and to taste)
- freshly ground black pepper. (to taste)
- 1-0.5 tsp peperoncino flakes (red chili pepper) (optional)
- 1/2 glass white wine
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the shellfish as mentioned in detail in the post above. Remove the heads and tails and then take the meat out of the body/tails. I left 2 shellfish per person whole, but you can peel them all if you prefer. Wash the whole crustaceans and cut the meat from the peeled ones into small chunks.
- 2
Wash and cut the tomatoes into halves or quarters, depending on how big they are. Peel and chop the garlic. Wash and chop the parsley.
- 3
Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil and bring to the boil again.
- 4
While the water is heating, sauté the garlic, peperoncino (if using) and tomatoes in a skillet or frying pan until the garlic softens. Add the unpeeled shellfish and cook them for about 2-3 minutes then turn them over and cook another 2-3 minutes. Add the peeled shellfish pieces and cook for a couple of minutes more.
- 5
Add the white wine and turn up the heat to allow the alcohol to evaporate. Add the chopped parsley, reduce the heat and continue cooking for2-3 minutes more until the tomatoes are softened.
- 6
Cook the pasta al dente according to the instructions on the packet. Fresh pasta usually cooks faster than dried. Cooking time for homemade lorighittas will depend on the size you make them, so test taste before draining.
- 7
Save a ladle of pasta cooking water. Remove the whole shellfish from the sauce. Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Mix everything together well. If it seems dry add some of the saved pasta cooking water and mix again. Serve immediately with a couple of whole shellfish for each person and some morefresh parsley.