Spaghetti marinara *

Posted on September 13th, 2011

Boiling time on stove:  1 minute
Cooking time in the DreamPot:  12 minutes minimum (no more than 15 minutes standing time)
Cook in the:
✓ 3 litre DreamPot
✓ 5 litre DreamPot
✓ 6 litre DreamPot

Ideal for short term cooking.

Pasta Ingredients

½ packet of dry spaghetti or fettuccini

Method

  1. Bring hot water to the boil in the large inner pot (3/4 full).
  2. When boiling, add fettuccini, separate with a fork.  When boiling again, cover with stainless steel lid and boil for 1 minute, keeping the lid in place to capture the steam and heat.
  3. Transfer into the DreamPot.  Close and allow to cook.
  4. Meanwhile, during the 15 minute cooking time, prepare the marinara sauce.

Sauce Ingredients

2 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely sliced and diced
2 gloves crushed garlic
700g jar pasatta sauce
750g seafood mixture or seafood marinara mix from the delicatessen
Sea salt & pepper to taste
Shaved parmesan cheese

Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan on a medium heat.  Add the onion and garlic and cook gently for a few minutes.
  2. Add the jar of pasatta sauce and bring to the boil, stirring.
  3. Add the seafood mixture.  Mix well into the sauce and simmer for 3 – 4 minutes or until the seafood is cooked.
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Drain the pasta and return it to the inner pot and place back into the DreamPot.
  6. Pour the sauce over the fettuccini, toss the mixture through and close the DreamPot.  Serve with shaved parmesan cheese.

Note: The seafood mixture could be comprised of fresh crabmeat, prawns, salmon pieces, mussels and calamari rings. 

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