Pasta with fresh sea urchin sauce
Pasta with sea urchin sauce is a tasty and enticing pasta dish, particularly for all lovers of seafood. Indeed, its flavour is redolent of the sea. Try it at least once in your life: you'll find it quite irresistible and from that moment on you probably won't be able to live without it. We are going to teach you how to make it, but only on condition that you get hold of the freshest possible sea urchins, which is not always easy. To make this pasta dish - which is basically really straightforward - you do need a bit of dexterity and to work quickly. In fact, it is a serious mistake to overcook the urchins, just as it would be to burn the garlic! So here, just for you, are all the secrets necessary for a successful result - enjoy!
Ingredients
* approximate values per serving
Preparation
Take 25 fresh sea urchins, open them, remove the flesh and put them in a glass. Chop some garlic and fresh parsley very finely and fry them gently in a large frying pan with a little olive oil. Be careful not to burn either the oil or garlic! When the garlic and parsley mixture is nicely softened, add a little white wine and let it reduce. Cook your favourite pasta shape in boiling salted water (spaghetti, spaghettini or linguine will all go well with this sauce), then drain and toss in the pan with the parsley and garlic. When the pasta and garlicky parsley is well combined, add the chopped sea urchins and heat everything quickly. The sea urchins must be warmed through but but not overcooked. Serve hot.
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Gently fry the garlic and parsley in extra virgin olive oil
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Add a little white wine
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Toss with the pasta and then add the sea urchins
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Serve hot
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Additional information
Recipes with Sea Urchins
Recipes with sea urchins can perhaps be counted on one hand. They are truly few not for lack of imagination from chefs and culinary experts around the world, but because, in fact, sea urchins are best enjoyed in their pure form. They do not need to be manipulated, cooked, or overcooked. The ideal is truly the recipe proposed on this page, namely spaghetti with sea urchins. A first course that keeps the product pure, not overshadowing the flavor of the sea with any other ingredients or particularly prolonged, invasive, or high-temperature cooking. Among the recipes with sea urchins, we therefore include spaghetti or linguine with sea urchins, the flesh of sea urchins with bread and little else. A nice slice of bread with sea urchins is already a delicacy that, to be fair, needs no introduction.
Spaghetti with Sea Urchins, a Few More Words
We have illustrated the recipe for spaghetti with sea urchins on this page, but we want to take a moment to say a few more words on the subject. We recommend choosing the best sea urchin flesh you can find, provided that fishing for them is not prohibited in your region. Otherwise, you can look for sea urchin flesh for sale online or at regional specialty stores or at the most well-stocked supermarkets in your city. The spaghetti will also make a difference: choose a good quality brand that offers well-made spaghetti, perhaps bronze-drawn and prepared with excellent local flours. Finally, pay attention to the garlic: to prepare spaghetti with sea urchins, you must take care to remove the core of the garlic, which would otherwise become unpleasant and overpowering.
Sea Urchins, Price
Now let’s talk about the price of sea urchins. Fresh sea urchins might cost around ten euros or less. But as you know, sea urchins are prohibited in many Italian regions (fishing for them is prohibited, but not the sale if they come from places where fishing is allowed, of course). Therefore, if you buy sea urchins from a sea that is not local or jarred sea urchin flesh, naturally the price will be higher.
Are Sea Urchins Prohibited?
In conclusion, we remind you that sea urchins are prohibited in some Italian regions for certain periods or even years. Fishing for them is prohibited in order to preserve the repopulation of the species. However, their sale is not prohibited: that said, it is evident that if you go to a fish market or supermarket and find sea urchins, they may come from a region that is not yours or from a sea far from yours, if fishing for them is prohibited in your area. Check the regional directives to verify the current status regarding sea urchin fishing in your region.