Pasta With Fish Sauce
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- tablespoons chopped shallots
- 1/2 teaspoon finely minced garlic
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- Salt to taste if desired
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 pound ziti
- 1/2 pound broccoli flowerettes, cut into bite-size pieces, about 3 1/2 cups
- 1 pound monkfish or sea scallops
- 3/4 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
- Heat 1/4 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.
- Bring sauce to boil; add cream and stir.
- 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 2/3 cup water.
- As pasta and broccoli cook, cut monkfish into 1 1/2-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.
- Drain pasta and broccoli and add them to sauce.
- Add reserved Y cup water.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
olive oil, onion, shallots, garlic, white wine, tomatoes, tarragon, red pepper, salt, freshly ground pepper, heavy cream, broccoli flowerettes, monkfish, shrimp, parsley
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2885 (may not work)