Squid Ink Seafood Linguine
Quick answer
- Total time
- 35 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 10
About this dish
Squid ink seafood linguine briefly sears shrimp and squid rings, removes them from the pan, and then builds the sauce with white wine, cherry tomatoes, and squid ink dissolved in pasta water.
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Cook 180g linguine for 1 minute less than the package time and reserve 150ml pasta water. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan and cook 3 sliced garlic cloves over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, stopping before the garlic turns dark. Add 120g shrimp and 120g squid rings and cook over high heat for 1 minute 30 seconds, setting only the outside before transferring the seafood to a separate plate. In the same pan, add 80ml white wine and 120g halved cherry tomatoes and simmer over medium heat for 2 minutes. Do not add the 8g squid ink directly to the pan. First dissolve it completely in 60ml of the reserved pasta water, then pour it in and stir until the sauce is evenly black with no visible clumps. Add the cooked linguine and the reserved seafood together and toss for 1 minute. Use this final heating stage to check that the centers of the shrimp and squid are fully cooked. Do not add the prepared 5g salt all at once; taste and use only what the sauce needs. Finish with 10g chopped parsley. Removing the seafood between the initial sear and final toss, and dissolving the ink before it reaches the pan, controls both doneness and sauce consistency.
Ingredients
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Finish
Cook 180g linguine in salted boiling water for 1 minute less than the package time.
Reserve 150ml pasta water.
- 2Control
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over low heat.
Add 3 sliced garlic cloves and cook slowly for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- 3Control
Add 120g shrimp and 120g squid rings.
Cook over high heat for 1 minute 30 seconds until just cooked on the outside. Remove and set aside.
- 4Control
Add 80ml white wine and 120g halved cherry tomatoes.
Simmer over medium heat for 2 minutes to build acidity.
- 5Season
Dissolve 8g squid ink in 60ml pasta water and pour into the pan.
Stir until the sauce is evenly black.
- 6Finish
Add the cooked linguine and seafood together and toss for 1 minute, checking that the seafood is fully cooked through.
Add only as much of the prepared 5g salt as needed and finish with 10g chopped parsley.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- 8g squid ink dissolved completely in 60ml pasta water before entering the pan
- Finish cue
- Add the cooked linguine and seafood together and toss for 1 minute, checking that the seafood is fully cooked through.
- Avoid this
- Do not overcook seafood; let it finish during the final emulsifying toss.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official cooking and food safety guidance.
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35min, 10 ingredients
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35min, 9 ingredients
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