Special Company Seafood Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Earlier in the day I do all the prep work. peel and clean shrimp, toss shrimp shells and heads (if you have heads)in stock pot. put shrimp in a bowl, cover and refridgerate.
• 2. Scrub mussels with a brush, cover with water, put in the flour, cover and refridgerate.
• 3. Make stock: Cover shrimp shells with water, add all shrimp stock ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.Strain out all the solids.
• 4. Cover and refrigerate the stock til needed. You can also freeze this and use in chowders and fish dishes if you have some left over.
• 5. When you are just about ready to eat, chop the onions, celery, and garlic.
• 6. Assemble all your ingredients by the stove, this baby cooks fast!
• 7. Put pasta water on, add salt and olive oil, when water starts to boil, cook pasta aldente, drain well.
• 8. Meanwhile Saute onions and celery until onion turns translucent and celery softens, add garlic and cook a minute more.
• 9. Add 2 cups of shirmp stock, bring to a boil and arrange mussels in a single layer, cover and cook 4 minutes.
• 10. Add shrimp, cover and cook until shrimp are pink and firm.
• 11. Add crabmeat, lobster if you are using it, milk and cream.
• 12. Mix the slurry ingredients, and stir in the middle of the pot, continue to cook until thickened a little,
• 13. Put the pasta in the shrimp mixture, and toss to combine.
• 14. Just heat to serving temperature, taste to adust seasonings. The shrimp stock add so much flavor you might not need any.

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and have a bowl of cold water to hand. Cut a small cross in the base of each tomato and add to the hot water, then after 15 secs, scoop out with a slotted spoon (but keep the water boiling for the pasta) and plunge into the cold water. Leave the tomatoes to cool for 30 secs, then remove. Use a small sharp knife to peel away the skin, starting at the base where you made the cross. Cut each tomato into quarters then cut out and discard the seeds and any membrane. Cut into small dice, then set aside.
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for 2 mins less than it says on the pack. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan (you'll need to use one with a lid) and add the garlic, sizzle for 2 mins until just starting to turn golden, then push to one side of the pan. Increase the heat and add the prawns and scallops, fry for 1-2 mins until the prawns are pink and the scallops are just turning golden, then scoop out of the pan and set aside on a plate. Add the mussels, white wine, saffron (with its soaking liquid) and some seasoning. Cover the pan with a lid and leave to steam for 3 mins until the mussels open (discard any which stay closed).
• Add the lemon zest and juice and the cream to the sauce and check the seasoning. Drain the pasta and add this too, along with the prawns, scallops and diced tomato. Toss everything together, and bubble for another 2 mins, or until the pasta has absorbed some of the sauce and is cooked through. Scatter with parsley and pine nuts and give everything a final toss together.