Black Spaghetti With Rock Shrimp And Spicy Soppressata Recipes

Steps:

• Add enough oil in skillet to come 2 inches up the side of the pan. Heat oil to 375 degrees F.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, heavy cream and Szechuan seasoning.
• Once oil is heated, in a large bowl combine tempura mix and ice water. Mixture will be thick and lumpy. Working in batches, dip rock shrimp in batter (shaking off any excess) and add to oil. Fry for 2 to 4 minutes or until golden brown. Remove shrimp from oil and drain with a slotted spoon. Make sure oil temperature does not fall below 350 degrees F. Skim oil between batches.
• In a large bowl toss cooked shrimp in sauce until lightly coated. Serve warm on endive leaves. Top with french-fried onions.

Steps:

• Set a fine-mesh sieve over a medium bowl. Working over sieve, squeeze tomatoes to release juices and break up flesh. Let tomatoes drain in sieve, collecting juices in bowl, until ready to use.
• Heat 1/3 cup oil in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium. Cook fennel, garlic, and half of chile, stirring often, until garlic is golden and fennel is starting to brown around the edges, 5-8 minutes. Transfer fennel mixture with a slotted spoon to a small bowl.
• Increase heat to high; cook drained tomatoes in same pot, stirring occasionally, until broken down and starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Add wine, scraping up browned bits, and cook until almost completely evaporated, about 1 minute. Add fennel mixture and collected tomato juices, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente, about 3 minutes less than package directions.
• Using a spider or a slotted spoon, transfer pasta to pot with sauce; add shrimp and 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid. Cook, tossing often, until pasta is al dente and coated in sauce and shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes. Thin sauce with more pasta cooking liquid if needed; season with salt. Remove from heat; add butter and toss to combine. Season with more salt if needed.
• Divide pasta among bowls. Top with fennel fronds and remaining chile and drizzle with oil.

Steps:

• Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil and add 2 tablespoons of salt. Add the spaghetti to the pot and cook until tender but al dente, about 6 to 7 minutes. While the pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a 12- to 14-inch sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic, rock shrimp and soppressata until the garlic is toasted and the shrimp are cooked just through. Add the jalapeno pesto. Drain pasta and add it to the sauté pan. Toss gently to coat the pasta with the sauce. Divide pasta evenly among four warmed plates. Sprinkle with scallions and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately. Jalapeno Pesto Instructions Place all ingredients in the food processor until pureed. Reserve leftover jalapeno pesto in the refrigerator for up to one month.