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Seafood Pasta Negra

Yields1 ServingTotal Time50 mins

Delicious pasta filled with scrumptious seafood!

Seafood Garnish
 2 tbsp olive oil
 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
 ¼ cup green peas
 ¼ large red bell pepperssliced into long thin strips
 15 pcs musselswashed
 ⅓ cup rice wine
 1 tbsp patis
 ⅓ cup shrimp peeled and chopped
 2 large squidskin remove and sliced into long strips
Shrimp Broth
 2 cups shrimp headscooked
 ½ cup hot water
Black Pasta
 2 tbsp olive oilfor sauteing
 ¼ red onionfinely chopped
 ⅓ cup crabmeat, minced
 ⅛ tsp dried oregano
 ⅛ tsp dried thyme
 6 tsp squid inkdiluted in 1 1/2 cup water
Seafood Garnish
1

In a saucepan, saute garlic in olive oil. Add green peas and red bell pepper.

2

Mix in mussels then add rice wine and patis. Let it simmer until mussels open up.

3

Toss in shrimp and squid. Add pepper to taste. Stir fry in saucepan until tender. Set aside.

Shrimp Broth
4

Using a mortar and pestle, pound on the shrimp heads to extract meat and juices. Add hot water.

5

In a bowl, strain mixture to produce shrimp broth. Set aside.

Black Pasta
6

In a saucepan, saute onions in olive oil. Add crabmeat.

7

Add shrimp broth and bring sauce to a simmer.

8

Add dried oregano and thyme.

9

Mix in squid ink and allow sauce to reduce.

10

Add pasta and carefully mix until well incorporated.

11

In a plate, top black pasta with the seafood garnish.
Optional: For added flavor, sprinkle grated parmesan cheese, parsley, and squeeze a little lemon juice over the seafood pasta negra.