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Spicy Seafood Pasta with Vodka Sauce

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 pound Large Shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 4-5 medium-sized Scallops
  • 1 dozen mussels
  • 1/2 small onion diced finely
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
  • 1/4 cup Vodka
  • 1 cup Crushed Tomato
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chili Flakes 2 teaspoons if you like it extra spicy
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Calabrian Chilies chopped
  • 1/3 pound Capellini or Angel Hair Pasta
  • Salt and Freshly Cracked Black Pepper to taste
  • 1 handful fresh basil roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Grated Parmesan

Instructions
 

  • Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add diced onion and garlic. Sauté until slightly translucent.
  • Add tomato paste, stir gently for 2-3 minutes. Then, deglaze the pan with one quarter cup vodka, stirring to combine. Let simmer for about 1 minute.
  • Next, add the crushed tomato, oregano, crushed red pepper, and sugar. Salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer for about 5-7 minutes, allowing some of the liquid to reduce.
  • Next, add in the whipping cream and stir to combine. Should resemble a light-red sauce. If it is too thick, add in water to thin it out.
  • While you wait for the sauce to simmer, in a separate pot, bring water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions while you finish preparing the sauce.
  • If pasta is finished before the sauce is ready, drain pasta, drizzle with olive oil to prevent sticking, and set it aside.
  • Once the sauce is simmering, add in mussels. Once mussels have begun to open up, add scallops. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add shrimp. Cook another 3-4 minutes, until shrimp are no longer translucent. Take sauce off heat.
  • Toss the pasta in with the seafood sauce. To plate, top with chopped calabrian chilies, grated parmesan, and chopped fresh basil.