Linguine with Tomato-Seafood Sauce - Italian Recipes

Linguine with Tomato-Seafood Sauce - Italian Recipes

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
1 (2-pound, 3-ounce) can Italian plum tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried basil
Salt and pepper
1 cup whipping cream
2 pinches cayenne pepper
3/4 pound cooked shellfish (use any combination of shrimp, scallops, crab and lobster meat)
1 pound linguine

Directions:

In a large saucepan, heat oil, add onions, and saut? until tender.

Drain canned tomatoes and chop.  Add chopped tomatoes to onion and season with basil, salt and pepper.  Bring mixture to a boil.  Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.  Remove from heat and cool.

In a food processor or blender, pur?e cooled tomato mixture until smooth.  Return pur?e to saucepan and add cream.  Simmer tomato pur?e, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes until sauce is slightly reduced.

Stir in cayenne and cooked seafood.  Adjust seasonings and simmer for 5 minutes.

While finishing final preparation of sauce, boil pasta according to package directions.  Drain well.  Transfer pasta to serving dish, and top with sauce.  Toss well and serve.

Serves 4 to 6