Spaghetti with seafood in cream sauce

Pasta in a delicate sauce with sea delicacies. The taste of spaghetti with seafood in cream sauce is very delicate and refined. And what makes it so is the combination of cream and cheese - an invariable classic with a firm authority. And it takes very little time to cook, and dinner will exceed all expectations!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 25 % 3 g
Fats 33 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 42 % 5 g
79 kcal
GI: 0 / 100 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 35 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make spaghetti with seafood in cream sauce? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can take a ready-made sea cocktail or combine several types of seafood (mussels, shrimp, squid). Defrost seafood in advance at room temperature. But it's better to put them in the refrigerator for a few hours. So they will thaw gradually and retain their properties well.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water until al dente. That is, they should remain a little hard inside.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Flip the spaghetti into a colander, let the water drain.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Prepare the sauce at the same time. Wash the thawed seafood, dry it well. In a frying pan, heat the olive oil slightly, lay out the seafood. Stir-fry for about 5 minutes. Don't forget to keep track of the time. Seafood cannot be cooked for a long time, otherwise they will become tough.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour the cream into the pan, bring to a boil over low heat.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Add salt, add Italian herbs or other spices to taste, mix. Simmer for 5 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Chop the cheese on a medium grater.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Put the grated cheese in the sauce, mix. Heat the mass while stirring until the cheese is completely dissolved.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Put the spaghetti in the sauce, stir. Warm up for 1-2 minutes and serve immediately.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Bon appetit!

Spaghetti in cream sauce is best served immediately after cooking. That's when this dish has high taste qualities.

Seafood should preferably be purchased without icing. Often the glaze hides the appearance of shellfish, which makes it difficult to determine their quality. And the main taste of the dish will depend on the quality of seafood.

You can add more sauce to this dish.

How to cook pasta properly, how to cook pasta al dente, how to choose a quality product to avoid disappointment and much more, read the article "Pasta and pasta - the subtleties of choice and secrets of cooking" .

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Secrets, life hacks and all the most useful tips read in the article: "Cream and sour cream in cream sauce: what to do so that they don't curl up?"

Calorie content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120   kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300   kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352   kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335   kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366   kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345   kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "steppe" - 362   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "uglichsky" - 347   kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377   kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400   kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363   kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395   kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420   kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364   kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360   kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "etorki" (sheep, hard) - 401   kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100   kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316   kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327   kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250   kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Herb mixture - 259   kcal/100g
  • Spaghetti - 338   kcal/100g
  • Sea cocktail - 95   kcal/100g

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