Seafood Antipasti alla Veneziana
- 6 large shrimp, cleaned and peeled
- 6 large scampi, cleaned and peeled
- 6 small mussels, bearded and scrubbed
- 6 large clams, bearded and scrubbed
- 6 small razor clams, bearded and scrubbed
- 6 large mussels, bearded and scrubbed
- 6 small calamari, cleaned and gutted
- 1 small 1 pound lobster
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced, 2 lemons cut in wedges, for garnish
- 1 tablespoon hot chili flakes
- 2 bunches Italian flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped to yield 1/2 cup
- Red mustard greens, for salad, dressed with extra-virgin olive oil and rock salt, as accompaniment.
- Bring 6 quarts water to boil and set up ice bath nearby.
- Cook all the shrimp for 1 1/2 minutes and plunge into the ice bath.
- Cook the scampi for 1 minute, and plunge into the ice bath.
- Repeat with the calamari.
- Cook the lobster for 8 minutes and then cool in the ice bath.
- In a 10 to 12-inch saute pan, place mussels and clams with 1 cup of water and bring to a boil.
- Cover the pan and let the seafood steam, removing each shellfish as it opens until they are all cooked and removed from the pan.
- Discard any shellfish that do not open.
- Keeping each type of open shellfish separate, dress each individually with 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, a touch of lemon juice, a pinch of chilies, and 1 to 2 tablespoons parsley.
- Dress the crabmeat in the same manner.
- Arrange all the seafood on a big platter.
- Garnish with lemon wedges and serve.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/seafood-antipasti-alla-veneziana-recipe.html (may not work)