Description
Al cartoccio is the Italian counterpart of the French “En papillote” where dishes like pasta and seafood is wrapped tightly in a parchment pouch then baked.
Ingredients
- 350 g spaghetti, cooked 3 minutes less according to packet instructions
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 300 g white fish fillets, cubed
- 500 g clams
- 1 dozen New Zealand mussels
- 1 dozen prawns, shelled
- 3 clove garlic, minced
- chilli flakes
- 3 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- lemon
- freshly ground black pepper
- sea salt
- olive oil
- baking paper
Instructions
- In a large pan add olive oil then quickly pan fry fish fillets and prawns for 90 seconds on each side in medium heat. Remove from pan then set it aside
- Add more olive oil then sauté the garlic. Pour the white wine let it boil.
- Add the clams and mussels and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and parsley then simmer covered for 10 minutes.
- Turn heat to high then toss in the cooked pasta, turn heat of then season it with sea salt, chilli flakes and freshly ground black pepper.
- Prepare 2 or 3 large sheets of baking paper that can hold the pasta then transfer cooked pasta and seafood. Dividing it into 2 or 3 large parcels. Place the cooked fish and squeeze some lemon on top then seal by crimping the edges of the baking paper together.
- Bake in a 230C preheated oven for 7 minutes. Remove from oven then serve while hot. Be careful of the hot steam.
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Bad news, it seems like my girl is gluten intolerant so we are off pasta and wheat noodles and everything. Sobssss!!!!!
This is one of my favorite meals that that wine sauce with the juice from the seafood and tomatoes. So delicious! Tweeting!
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What a nice, healthy dish! Love all the seafood in it — so flavorful. My kind of food — thanks.
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Yum! What an awesome pasta dish Raymond…I have never cooked pasta with baking paper…thanks for the recipe.
Hope you are having a great week 🙂
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Have always been a fan to cook food en papillote. This pasta dishes looks simply delicious!
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Oooh I’ve made a tomato-based seafood al cartoccio before so I know for sure this is damn delicious!
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quick question: you dont overcook the clams and mussels by cooking them in the wine for 15+ mins and then an additional 7 mins in such a hot oven?
Not really, there is a lot of moisture so it does not dry out either