lingue tricolore con frutti di mare
chilled lingue tricolore with seafood
The pictures on this page are of a Christmas dinner starter course. I’ve been doing a variation of this seasonal starter in some form every so often, in some form or other, since at least the early 1990s! I remember that back then blinis were all the rage and this seafood mix and dressing used to feature regularly alongside them in our household. Here I’ve plated it to be a slightly more substantial than usual starter course. It’s an incredibly easy first course to put together, though I have to say that the specific pasta I used, Lingue Tricolore from Pastificio Del Colle, took ages and were very fiddly to cook. They’re great though if you’re looking to put something together with real visual impact.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO DO
(scroll down for the full method)
prepare the seafood
make the dressing
boil and cook the pasta
cool the pasta
dress the pasta
plate with other ingredients
chilled lingue tricolore with seafood
INGREDIENTS
FOR FOUR PEOPLE
100g smoked salmon
200g frozen prawns
lumpfish caviar fresh
dill
lemon juice
dijon mustard
honey
black / cayenne pepper
PASTA
150g (as a starter) dry reginelle / mafalde
/ papardelle / lingue tricolore
MANTECATURA (?)
none
METHOD
Start by prepping the seafood - a simple matter of slicing ribbons out of the smoked salmon and opening a pack of prawns! The dressing was 60:40 olive oil to EVO, with dijon mustard, set honey, dill, black and cayenne pepper to taste.
Once it’s cooked, allow the pasta to cool, after sprinkling with a little EVO. Add the seafood to each plate in the proportions you like, sprinkle with the dressing and finally add caviar and dill to taste. As I mentioned above, go easy on the pasta if you’re serving this as a starter - you can probably get away with a single ribbon per person, rather than the three you see on the plate here.
NUTRITION per serving
KCAL: 252
Fat (g): 7.1
Sat Fat (g): 1.3
Carb (g): 26.4
Sug (g): 1.2
Fibre(g): 1.1
Prot (g): 19.4
Salt (g): 2.0
Nutritional information is provided as an indication only of approximate values for the recipe on this page. You should make your own calculations if you have specific dietry requirements or are required to follow a strict calorie-controlled diet.
