Cajun Seafood Pasta
- 20 large garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- 12 ounces fully cooked spicy sausage (such as andouille or hot links), sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
- 4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms (about 12 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seafood seasoning
- 2 pounds littleneck clams, scrubbed
- 1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded
- 1 8-ounce bottle clam juice
- 1 3/4 cups diced seeded plum tomatoes (about 8 large)
- 18 uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 18 ounces halibut fillets, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 pound linguine
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Toss garlic cloves with oil in small baking dish.
- Cover with foil and bake until garlic is tender, about 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven; cool.
- Peel garlic and mash with fork.
- Set aside.
- Melt butter in heavy large pot over high heat.
- Add sausage and mushrooms and cook until brown, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in Cajun seasoning.
- Add clams, mussels, clam juice, tomatoes and reserved roasted garlic.
- Cover pot and cook until clams and mussels open, about 6 minutes (discard any clams and mussels that do not open).
- Using tongs, transfer clams and mussels to large bowl.
- Add shrimp and halibut to cooking liquid.
- Cover and cook until opaque in center, about 3 minutes.
- Return clams and mussels to pot.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
- Drain well.
- Transfer pasta to large bowl.
- Spoon seafood sauce over pasta.
- Garnish with green onions and serve.
garlic, olive oil, butter, sausage, fresh mushrooms, cajun seafood seasoning, littleneck clams, mussels, clam juice, tomatoes, shrimp, linguine, green onions
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cajun-seafood-pasta-4400 (may not work)