Pasta with Squid in Cream Sauce

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make pasta with squid? Get the ingredients ready. Any pasta works — long (spaghetti, fettuccine) or medium (penne, farfalle, fusilli, etc.). I went with spaghetti. You can use small cherry tomatoes or larger plum tomatoes.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut plum tomatoes into thick rounds and cherry tomatoes in half.

3. Step 3:

   

   Clean the raw squid of skin and innards and cut into rings. Cut the squid tails into strips too. If using frozen squid, thaw it first. Pat the squid dry so the water doesn't spatter when it hits the hot oil.

4. Step 4:

   

   Peel and finely chop the garlic, or press it if you prefer.

5. Step 5:

   

   Wash, dry, and finely chop the parsley.

6. Step 6:

   

   Heat the olive oil in a skillet, add the garlic, then the cut squid. Fry everything together, stirring, for a couple of minutes over medium heat. Cooking longer makes squid rubbery and bland, so as soon as the rings curl up, take the skillet off the heat.

7. Step 7:

   

   In a pot of plenty of salted water, cook the spaghetti to al dente. Drain the pasta in a colander.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add the spaghetti to the skillet with the squid. Pour in the cream and add the tomatoes and herbs.

9. Step 9:

   

   Stir everything well and gently.

10. Step 10:

    

    Cover the skillet and simmer another 5 minutes. At the end, salt and pepper to taste.

11. Step 11:

    

    Plate the finished pasta and, if you like, top with grated cheese and chopped herbs before serving. Enjoy!