26 Aug Peruvian Seafood Chilli Linguini – “Tallarines a la Huancaina con Mariscos”
The Peruvian Seafood Chilli Linguini or “Tallarines a la Huancaina con Mariscos” is a fusion recipe between a traditional Peruvian dish “papa a la huancaina” a chilli sauce over potatoes, and an Italian dish such a seafood pasta. It’s a perfect dish to try here in Australia that we have a fantastic variety of seafood. We use some king prawns and scallops this time, but you can use whatever you have on hand.
The critical ingredient is to make a good stock with the seafood to achieve the marine flavour.
Let us know what you think about the recipe. We made it for two portions, but you can scale it for more.
The list of Ingredients you need for this recipe are the following:
- Prawns
- White wine
- Scallops
- Halloumi Cheese
- Crackers
- Chilli Paste
- Milk
- Minced garlic
- oil
- Salt and Pepper
- Linguinni
This time we made it with Peruvian chilli paste without the heat, we purchase it on
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You can omit to do the stock and just use the fish stock for the recipe, but it will give a distinctive flavour if you do it from scratch. You just need all the carcasses from the prawns and fry them with some oil and salt. Add some wine and water a let it simmer for a couple of minutes. Process them and pass them thru a strainer to discard all the shells and pieces.
To make the chilli sauce (Peruvian Huancaina) you put the cheese, chilli paste, crackers and milk in a blender, blend it perfectly. Meanwhile, cook the pasta as directed in the package. In a saucepan, with a little oil fry the garlic and add the prawn and sautee them with salt. Put them aside and add the scallops just to seal them and also put them aside. Finally, in the same saucepan, pour the chilli sauce to heat it and add some of the stock you made to bring it to the consistency you like it. Add the pasta and seafood.
Frequently asked questions about the Peruvian Chilli Seafood Linguini
- Can you make this chilli sauce with other non peruvian chillis? Yes, you can but of course the flavour will change. Try to find the peruvian chilli paste (aji amarillo paste)
- Can I make it without the Seafood? Yes, you can and just change the seafood stock for some pasta water.
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PrintPeruvian Seafood Chilli Linguini – “Tallarines a la Huancaina con Mariscos”
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Pasta
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Peruvian
Description
The Peruvian Seafood Chilli Linguini or “Tallarines a la Huancaina con Mariscos” is a fusion recipe between a traditional Peruvian dish “papa a la Huancaina” a chilli sauce over potatoes, and an Italian dish such a seafood pasta.
Ingredients
For the stock:
all the 6 prawn carcases
1/2 cup of white wine
1/2 cup of water
6 scallops
6 whole king prawns
200 grams of halloumi cheese
6 tablespoon chilli paste
5 salty crackers
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon minced garlic
oil
salt and pepper
200 grams of linguini
Instructions
- Peeled the prawns and save all the carcases. Set aside the peeled prawns.
- Stock: In a saucepan, fry the prawn carcasses with a bit of oil for 30 seconds until they change colour. Add the wine and water. Let it simmer for 3 minutes. Blend everything and sift it to save the stock. Set it aside.
- In a food processor, put the halloumi cheese, Peruvian chilli paste, crackers and milk. Process them to obtain a paste, salt and pepper to taste.
- Pasta: Meanwhile, bring water to simmer to cook the linguini as per package.
- Sautee: While the pasta is cooking, salt and pepper the seafood and heat a saucepan with oil. Add the garlic and fry the prawn first for a couple of minutes. Remove from the pan and add the scallops to seal them for a few seconds. Set aside.
- Sauce: Meanwhile, heat the sauce in a saucepan and add as much stock as you want to achieve the desired consistency. Add the pasta when it is ready. Taste the salt and pepper. Turn the fire off and add the seafood to serve the plates.
- Enjoy this meal with your favourite white wine.
Hi! I’m Valeria (aka Val) the photographer and recipe developer behind Canguro Criollo. My passion for food began when I was little at my home when everything will revolve around food and now I discover this new creative outlet of food photography. I wish you can follow my journey discovering unique ways of preparing Peruvian food abroad and some other family-friendly foods.
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