Recipes: Ink Pasta

• Prep Time:25 minutes
• Cook Time:30 minutes
• Serves:6

 

Tagged:
bacon, cheese, halloween, ink pasta, mushroom, noodles, shrimp, spaghetti,

This inky-black pasta dish is made with squid ink spaghetti--just the thing for the ghosts and goblins to have a little fun with for Halloween!

 

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Ingredients

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus as needed
1 1/2 cup butternut squash, diced and roasted
Salt and pepper, as needed
1 pound bacon, cut into ½ inch strips
1 small onion, minced
4 cups mixed mushrooms, such as crimini, shitake or portabello, thinly sliced
2 pounds shrimp, peeled, deveined
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 cups spinach, stems removed
1 pound squid ink spaghetti, or regular spaghetti
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated, plus more for garnish, divided
1/2 cup fresh basil, thinly sliced plus more for garnish, divided

Preparation

Heat oven to 400°F.
To roast the squash, remove skin and seeds, cut into medium dice. Toss with olive oil, kosher salt and black pepper.
Spread evenly on a baking sheet, roast for approximately 20 minutes or until the edges are begin to caramelize.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to boil.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil.
Add bacon and cook over med-low heat until golden brown and the fat is rendered. Remove the bacon and let drain on paper towels.
In the bacon grease, sauté the onion, mushrooms and shrimp until the shrimp is fully cooked, about 4 minutes, add in garlic and continue to cook another minute.
Pour in the bacon, roasted squash and spinach continuing to cook until the spinach is beginning to wilt.
Season to taste with salt and pepper, pour in the balsamic vinegar.
Add salt to the boiling water like the ocean. Cook the pasta until it is al dente, or according to package directions.
Drain and reserve 1 cup of the pasta water.
Return the pasta and the water to the pot.
Add in sautéed shrimp mixture, add half of the cheese and half of the basil while mixing gently over moderate heat until the pasta is evenly coated.
Transfer to plates and garnish with additional cheese and basil.

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