Spaghetti with Cicarelle. Chirping of sea taste

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spaghetti con le cicale di mare

The recipes of the cuisine of Campania

One of our faithful readers, the dt. Gianluca Costagliola, procidano doc and passionate chef of the house, sent us this tasty recipe of traditional island and you publish it with great pleasure. To the palate will be a real pleasure.

Ingredients for 4 people: 350/400 grams of Spaghetti, 500/600 grams of mantis shrimp, 100/150 gr datterini tomatoes, 1 clove of garlic, ½ cup white wine, chopped parsley and sprigs, salt pepper to taste

Preparation

After washing the cicadas under running water with the help of scissors to cut the shells on the sides.

Fry the cicadas so cut to the pan in which it is heated oil (extra virgin olive oil) with a clove of garlic, blurring everything with white wine for a few minutes.

Remove the pan from the cicadas and add the tomatoes, parsley and salt, taking care to remove the garlic. Meanwhile cook the tomatoes and parsley, empty half of the cicadas and add the pulp thus obtained to the sauce leaving other warm and then use them to garnish the dishes before servire.-

The noodles are cooked in salted water and drained al dente and then finish cooking in a pan, adding a little ‘cooking water, along with the sauce by combining only late in the chopped parsley and pepper.

Serve in a shallow dish large enough to garnish attractively spaghetti with cicadas kept aside and with sprigs of parsley.

Preparation time 30 minutes