Zuppa di Pesce

Prep time 10 minutes – cook time 15 minutes – total time 25 minutes

You can make your Zuppa di Pesce as spicy or as smooth as you want. It will still turn out great and have you cooking like a chef.

In the interest of time and ease of preparation I suggest using frozen or canned seafood. We like frozen. The shells still being on the clams and mussels help the look and taste.

 

Ingredients

These amounts are for 4 servings – to change the servings amounts just scroll down to the recipe card below this posting and change the servings and that will change all of the recipe amounts – you can also change them to metric

• 1  16oz box of  pasta 
• 2 cups marinara sauce
• 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 fresh lemon
• 1 16 oz. pkg. frozen cooked clams
• 1 16 oz. pkg. frozen cooked mussels
• 1 16 oz pkg.frozen sliced calamari
• 16 large shrimp peeled and deveined
• 4 large basil leaves coarsely chopped
• grated parmesan cheese

 

How to make your Zuppa di pesce

 

Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta and add the salt. Put a large Sauté pan on at medium high and add the marinara sauce, the lemon juice (and the rinds) and the pepper flakes. When the pasta water comes to a boil add the pasta and mix it right away. It should be done al dente at about the same time as your Zuppa di Pesce

 

 

Add the  clams, mussels and calamari to the marinara sauce. Bring it up to a fast simmer and then lower the heat just enough to maintain the simmer. Simmer for about five minutes stirring a few times as it cooks.

 

 

When the calamari is soft add the shrimp and stir them into the mix.

 

 

When the shrimp are opaque serve up your Zuppa di Pesce with the pasta. Garnish with a little grated parmesan cheese and basil or parsley.

 

 

Here are a few more seafood dinners for you

Honey Garlic Shrimp 

Easy Mussels Fra Diavolo 

Clams and Mussels with pasta and white wine sauce 

Quick and Easy Catfish Weeknight Dinner