Pasta With Fish Sauce

Name: Pasta With Fish Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil; ½ cup finely chopped onion; tablespoons chopped shallots; ½ teaspoon finely minced garlic; ½ cup dry white wine; ½ cup crushed tomatoes; ½ teaspoon dried tarragon; ¼ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes; Salt to taste if desired; Freshly ground pepper to taste; ¼ cup heavy cream; ½ pound ziti; ½ pound broccoli flowerettes, cut into bite-size pieces, about 3 ½ cups; 1 pound monkfish or sea scallops; ¾ pound shrimp, peeled and deveined; ¼ cup finely chopped parsley

By Pierre Franey

Published March 17, 1987

Total Time: About 30 minutes
Rating: 4(26)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup finely chopped onion
tablespoons chopped shallots
½ teaspoon finely minced garlic
½ cup dry white wine
½ cup crushed tomatoes
½ teaspoon dried tarragon
¼ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
Salt to taste if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste
¼ cup heavy cream
½ pound ziti
½ pound broccoli flowerettes, cut into bite-size pieces, about 3 ½ cups
1 pound monkfish or sea scallops
¾ pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
¼ cup finely chopped parsley

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Preparation

Step 1
Heat ¼ cup oil in a skillet and add onion, shallots and garlic. Cook, stirring, about 3 minutes without browning. Add wine, tomatoes, tarr-agon, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
Step 2
Bring sauce to boil; add cream and stir.
Step 3
Meanwhile, bring 10 cups of water to boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Add broccoli and when the water returns to a boil cook about 4 minutes. Scoop out and reserve about ⅔ cup water.
Step 4
As pasta and broccoli cook, cut monkfish into 1 ½-inch cubes. Or, if sea scallops are used and they are very large, cut in half. Add remaining tablespoon of oil to a large skillet and add monkfish or scallops. Cook briefly, stirring, about 1 minute and add sauce. Cook about 3 minutes and add shrimp. Cook about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
Step 5
Drain pasta and broccoli and add them to sauce. Add reserved Y cup water. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.