🦑 CALAMARI PASTA 🍝
Bring the taste of Italy to your table with this mouthwatering, quick and easy-to-make pasta with calamari and tomato sauce ✨️
RECIPE - Serves 2
Ingredients 🛒
300g/10oz Paccheri
2-3 Baby Calamari
3 Cloves Garlic, minced
2 Anchovy Fillets
1/4 Tsp Chilli Flakes
1/2 Cup White Wine
2 Tbsp Tomato Paste
300g/10.5oz Cherry Tomatoes, halved
50g/1.8oz Kalamata Olives
1/4 Cup Water
3 Tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsley
Salt & Pepper to taste
Method:
Clean calamari, remove skin and slice into rings.
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
Add the calamari quickly and sauté for just 1–2 minutes until they turn opaque.
Remove immediately and set aside (don’t overcook now, or they’ll toughen).
In the same pan, lower the heat, add another tbsp of olive oil.
Sauté the garlic, anchovy and chilli for a few minutes, just until fragrant.
Add the wine and let simmer until reduced by half.
Add the tomato paste, cherry tomatoes, olives, 1/4 cup water and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes until the sauce thickens.
Return the seared calamari to the sauce and gently simmer for just 5-8 minutes until calamari are tender.
Stir in chopped parsley and cooked pasta and serve immediately.
Enjoy! 😊
NOTE: Calamari are tender either cooked very quickly or long (40+ min). Anything in between makes them chewy.