Seafood Linguine
– New recipe/How to cheat

Being able to buy a vongole (clam) sauce for pasta ready-prepared is brilliant. Cheats do not deal with the whole process of scrubbing, cleaning and steaming clams, nor do they want to trek the earth trying to find them in the first place. However, what we do all want is to add that ‘I made it myself’ touch. So a packet of ready-prepared seafood selection added to the sauce will give you a distinctly healthy Mediterranean-style supper with zero effort.

Serves 2

Ingredients

8 oz (225 g) dried linguine
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 x 300 g tub Sainsbury’s fresh vongole sauce
1 x 250 g pack Sainsbury’s seafood selection (cooked mussels, king prawns and squid rings)
1 x 20 g pack fresh flat-leafed parsley
salt and freshly milled black pepper

First of all get the pasta on. Use a large saucepan, at least 4 pints (2.25 litres) of water and 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring the water up to a good fierce boil before the pasta goes in and cook it for 8-12 minutes without a lid, until al dente (ie, firm to the bite and not soggy).

Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in another saucepan and fry the garlic for 30 seconds. Then add the vongole sauce and the seafood and gently heat them through, stirring occasionally. Finally chop the parsley (as ever a mini-chopper would be useful here).

When the pasta is ready, drain it in a colander, then quickly return it to the saucepan. Add the hot seafood mixture and the chopped parsley. Toss everything around thoroughly for 30 seconds or so, then serve in warmed pasta bowls as soon as possible.

How to Cheat Hero Ingredients:

1 x 250 g pack Sainsbury’s seafood selection
1 x 300 g tub Sainsbury’s fresh vongole sauce

How To Cheat Equipment Hero:
Kenwood CH180 Mini Chopper, about £18.95
Available from Woolworths, Argos, larger Boots stores, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser, Allders and Safeway

Delia says, 'If you want to short-circuit lots of tedious chopping and knife sharpening, I’m really enthusiastic about this ingenious mini food processor. 1 tablespoon chopped parsley: 2 seconds, ¾ packet watercress: 4-5 seconds, a finely chopped onion… you name it – thousands of fast little processes that save you time.'

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This recipe first appeared in You magazine.

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