Description
A delightful seafood pasta dish featuring succulent shrimp, tender scallops, and sweet cherry tomatoes, all tossed in a garlic and lemon-infused sauce. This easy-to-make recipe is perfect for a quick and impressive dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
Linguine:
- 8 oz linguine or spaghetti
Seafood:
- ½ pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- ½ pound sea scallops, patted dry
Other:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- ½ cup dry white wine or chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- juice of ½ lemon
- grated Parmesan for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the Pasta: Cook pasta in salted boiling water until al dente. Drain, reserving ½ cup of pasta water.
- Sear the Seafood: Heat olive oil in a skillet, sear scallops and shrimp until cooked. Set aside.
- Prepare the Sauce: Cook garlic and cherry tomatoes, add red pepper flakes, wine or broth, and simmer. Stir in butter, pasta, reserved water, shrimp, scallops, lemon juice, and parsley.
- Serve: Toss everything together and serve topped with Parmesan.
Notes
- For best texture, make sure scallops are very dry before searing.
- This dish is quick, light, and perfect for weeknight seafood lovers.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 430
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 540mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 155mg
