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Abalone Pesto Pasta
Ingredients:
Red Abalone
Pesto - I like Trader Joes
Pasta - I like Linguine
Garlic - minced
Vegetable - I like the peas in the pod - snow or snap peas. Broccoli is also good.
Boil Pasta. When pasta is done blanch vegetable in pasta water until it is about half cooked.
Cut abalone about 1/4 inch thick and pound to about 1/8 thick. Using Pam cooking spray or light olive oil, cook the abalone over medium high heat for about a minute on each side. I toss in a little garlic, but be careful the garlic can overpower the flavor of the abalone. A milder garlic such as elephant garlic may be good. I then cut the abalone into about 1 inch strips - choose a size that does not need to be cut while eating.
Stir fry blanched vegetable in a tablespoon of light olive oil. Stir in pesto then pasta. Add abalone. I serve with fire roasted garlic bread, sometimes fire roasted corn on the cob. I like a green salad with a tangy sweet Greek dressing (Penzeys Spice Co.). Guinness or your favorite beer.
I make this sometimes when camping at Van Damme SP during abalone season.
Last edited by cmburch : 02-29-2008 at 12:28 AM.
Reason: Forgot to add beer.
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