Seafood Pasta

Clam digging is one of the favorite activity for Penangite's childhood. Embarrassingly, hubby and I had not experience it before. Last Sunday, my lady boss invited us to join her family for a beach outing in my neighborhood. Thanks to her, I got my first chance to experience clam digging. While we were busy digging, the kids were enjoying themselves collecting tons of sea shells. As a first timer, I managed to harvest 2 handful of medium size clams.

We brought home the clams and soaked in fresh water overnight. This helps to clean the sand that were stored inside the clams. I was thinking what should I do with that little amount of clams. The quantity is too little to cook a dish for two. Suddenly, an idea came across my mind. Yes, seafood pasta! A simple recipe bursting with the vibrancy of seafood and tangy pasta sauce. Though the clam is tiny in size compared to mussels, but it has a distinct flavor on its own. It gets along well with other ingredients and the result is a delicious pasta dish.

My seafood pasta is submitted to Ruth's Presto Pasta Night. The host of the week is Girlichef.

Seafood Pasta
Serves 2

Ingredients:

Spaghetti, amount for 2
10 medium-sized prawns, peeled and deveined
2 handful of clams
4 pcs of frozen fish cocktail
1 can of tomato pasta sauce
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
50ml water
3 tbsp olive oil

Method:

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti exactly according to the packet instruction. Drain and set aside.

2. Oven-baked the fish cocktail as per the packaging instruction. Cook and set aside.

3. Heat some olive oil in a sauce pan. Saute the garlic till fragrant. Add the clams and prawns to stir-fry for 1 minute.

4. Pour in the pasta sauce and water. Cook and stirring for 2 minutes.

5. Toss with spaghetti and serve with baked fish cocktails.