Decorating the house these days is one of the highligthed thingstodo in my December list... and believe me or not... I still haven't done it!!! This afternoon, my daughter and I will roll up our sleeves and light up the house. We will get the tree garnished the candles lighted, the Tió will get its blanket on and we'll feed it with some orange peels... the house will be ready for Xmas!Why shouldn't we do our best when presenting our Xmas dishes too? Let's take this pasta dish for example: simple and impacting at the same time! I enjoy making the ingredients' colours contrast. Would this be the same with beige spaghetti? Nope! I want to see my life in colours ;D.
Here you have the elegant black for the inked spaghetti, the passionate red for the shrimps, the Grinch Green for the Pesto sauce and the white representing the snow... place the ingredients in a nice way and get some woaaaahhhhhs from your guests :DI pretended to send a fish/seafood dish to Maryann and her Seven Fishes Feast at Finding la Dolce Vita and thought I had time until the 18th... wrong!!! She already has the round up showing, I'm a little bit up there in the clouds lately... sorry Maryann, I will link this post to your round up so that people find more inspired dishes there :D.
Ingredients for 4 servings: 400 grs of black spaghetti, 12 fresh shrimps, a bunch of pine nuts, some pesto sauce, salt, olive oil and some parsley.
- Get some olive oil in a sauce pan and when hot, add the shrimps (previously clean, whiskers cut and dry), fry for only 30 seconds per side and reserve. Keep that oil in the sauce pan.
- Prepare a Pesto sauce: 50g basil leaves, 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of pine nuts, 2 garlic cloves, 120 ml (1 / 2 cup) of extra virgin olive oil, 115 grams of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, 25 grams of cheese freshly grated Pecorino (optional) I didn't use it.
Use a blender to get an homogeneous paste with the basil, garlic and pine nuts until a homogeneous paste. Add the olive oil little by little, in the form of thin wire, while beating to achieve a perfect emulsion. Add the shrimps oil too. Add cheese and stir with a wooden spoon. Try and add salt and pepper if needed. - Boil the spaghetti in salty water following package instructions. Strain and reserve.
- Toast some pine nuts in pan.
- Present the dish: Pour the Pesto over the pasta and mix, place the peeled shrimps and sprinkle with the pine nuts. Decorate with parsley. Easy!!!
Ups... I nearly forget... If you want to find out about Tió, you will have to read the following posts ;D. I'll give you a small hint: It's a Xmas Catalan tradition :D
I'm on time!!!! I'm on time!!! It was until the 18th... just saw it :D. Please also notice that Maryann is organizing the event together with Joe from Italyville! Check both blogs for round ups and great recipes :D
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