by Nico Chessa
Summary: Chefs Luciano Pellegrini and Nico Chessa team up to prepare two special dishes: Chessa’s delicious frittata from his grandma’s recipe book and Pellegrini’s low-carb pasta with spelt spaghetti sauteed with shrimp, calamari and curry.
Cooking time (duration): 15 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 2
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Ingredients
Frittata:
- 2 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ½ Cup Onion – Chopped
- ½ Cup Asparagus Stalks – Chopped ¼” thick rounds
- Salt
- 1 Goose Egg
- 6 Chicken Eggs
Low-Carb Pasta:
- Spelt Pasta
- Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 8oz Calamari
- 8oz Shrimp
- 2 Shallots
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- Fresh Thyme
- Fresh Marjoram
- 2 tsp. Curry
- ¼ Cup Brandy
- 1 ½ Cup Cream
- 1 Cup Marinara Sauce
Instructions
Fritatta:
- Render pan hot with olive oil
- Add chopped onion and asparagus to pan and saute
- Season with a pinch of salt
- In mixing bowl, combine eggs and beat lightly
- Add eggs to sauce pan
- Slice thinly Peccorino cheese and place on top
- Top with cherry tomatoes
- Place in oven at 400 degrees for 5-8 minutes
- Remove Frittata from oven and loosen from saute pan
- Place on large serving bowl, top with fresh basil and olive oil.
Pasta:
Sauce:
- Render pan hot with olive oil, add 1 tbsp. butter to hot pan
- Add shrimp and calamari and saute for 2-3 minutes
- Remove seafood, and set aside
- Add shallots and garlic to saute pan, adding additional tablespoon of butter
- Add sprigs of fresh Thyme and Marjoram, with curry.
- Add Brandy, allow to cook off
- Mix in cream and marinara sauce, mixing well
- Re-introduce seafood back into saute pan, and season with a pinch of salt and black pepper
- Remove Spelt from boiling water, add to saute pan and finish cooking in sauce
Prepare garnish for plate:
- Slice 1 clove of garlic, add to hot pan with olive oil.
- Chop fresh mustard greens and cook down, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
- In large pasta bowl, place past directly in center of bowl.
- Top with seafood and sauce.
- Garnish with mustard green saute on top, with a dash of black pepper and drizzle of olive oil
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