Ingredients for Shrimp & Scallop Seafood Pasta

Series Summary

Cooking at home can be a challenge for those of us who run their daily course in the fast-paced stream of the Modern Age. With all of the emphasis on staying focused, being productive, and making progress, along the way we seem to have forgotten how to let our minds relax. I can’t remember the last non-holiday I spent sitting down to chat with friends or family over a hot meal, with no agenda to follow other than enjoying each other’s company and whiling away the evening. These days, life is about getting to the next destination point, hitting the next milestone, reaching the next goal. And though it seems like fast food is perfectly suited to this fast world we have built around us, perhaps there is a finer balance to be struck between making progress and enjoying life.

In these free cooking classes on video, learn how to make a recipe that is well-suited for a nice, relaxing conversation at the dinner table. Our expert chef will show you how to cook a shrimp and scallop seafood pasta dish with a side of garlic bread. Follow along in these easy step-by-step videos, with an ingredient list, food preparation tips, how to cook pasta and seafood, and how to garnish and serve the dish.

Try this seafood recipe tonight—it’s a great way to start off a great evening.

Video Transcript

"This is Dave for Expert Village. Today we’re going to make Shrimp and Scallop Fettucini with a side of garlic bread. Alright, here’s the time for the ingredients and the recipe for our fettucini with seafood. Okay, here are the ingredients you’re going to need for your fettucini with shrimp and scallops; one tablespoon of olive oil, a third of a cup of chopped onions, a third of a cup of finely chopped carrots, a third of a cup of finely chopped celery, two teaspoons of minced garlic, three tablespoons of flour, one twenty-eight ounce can of plum tomatoes drained and chopped, two cups of chicken broth, half a cup of white wine, one teaspoon of dried basil, eight ounces of mushrooms, one pound of shrimp, a half a pound of scallops, twelve ounces of fettucini, fresh basil leaves and three tablespoons of Parmesan cheese. Okay for the garlic bread we’ll need; six tablespoons of butter, three tablespoons of minced garlic, three tablespoons of olive oil, two teaspoons of oregano and one sixteen ounce loaf of French bread. "