How to Make Aurora Italiana’s Frutti di Mare

Learn how to prepare the seafood dish at home with this recipe.
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Photograph by Rebecca Simonov

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 jumbo shrimp
  • 4 ounces baby shrimp
  • 4 ounces squid
  • 6 mussels
  • 6 clams
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon Calabrian chile pepper
  • 8 ounces linguine noodles
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup diced tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt and pepper 1/4 cup pasta water (reserved from cooking)

Directions

  1. In a preheated pan, add olive oil, jumbo shrimp, clams, and mussels. Cover with a lid and cook for 2 minutes on low heat.
  2. Meanwhile, in a large pot, bring water to a boil and add in salt, oil, and linguine noodles. Cook for 9 minutes and reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water for finishing the pasta.
  3. Remove the lid from the pan with the seafood and add in baby shrimp, squid, garlic, Calabrian chile, diced tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
  4. Add in the white wine and cook for a few minutes until the wine has reduced. Add in butter, linguine, pasta water, and parsley and toss together.
  5. To plate, use tongs to place the linguine in the middle of a medium-size bowl. Place the clams and mussels surrounding the pasta and then gently pour the shrimp and squid on top of the noodles with the sauce.

Aurora Italiana is located at . Call 248-782-3000 or visit for more information. Plus, check out hourdetroit.com for even more recipes from area restaurants including Prime 29 Steakhouse鈥檚 jumbo lump crab cakes and Adachi鈥檚 garlic butter lobster fried rice.听听


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