Best Calamari In White Sauce Recipes

CALAMARI IN CREAMY WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add crushed garlic, and cook for a few seconds until it turns golden brown. Stir in the squid, and cook until it turns white. Pour in white wine and cherry pepper slices; bring to a simmer, and cook until the wine is reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Stir cornstarch into the cream, and add to the simmering calamari. Season with red pepper flakes, basil, salt, and pepper; stir until thickened. To serve, toss pasta with sauce, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

LINGUINE WITH CALAMARI AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
• Meanwhile, heat reserved oil from anchovies (about 2 tablespoons) in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add calamari and toss just until opaque, about 1 minute. Add garlic, crushed red pepper and crushed anchovies with capers and stir 1 minute.
• Add white wine; boil until sauce is slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Mix in basil.
• Add pasta to mixture in skillet. Toss until heated through and sauce coats pasta, adding reserved cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if pasta seems dry, about 2 minutes.
• Divide pasta and calamari between
• 2 plates and serve.

J. BALDWIN'S CALAMARI WITH BEURRE BLANC SAUCE:

Steps:

• Beurre Blanc Sauce:.
• In medium saucepan add 1 Tbs olive oil on medium heat, add shallots, black peppercorns and bay leaves.
• Saute 2 minutes, addlemon juice, wine and cream.
• Let reduce by half.
• TURN HEAT DOWN TO LOWEST SETTING.
• Cut butter into squares. wisk into sauce 2 cubes at a time until all butter is gone. Please take your time with this step!
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Reserve sauce in cool area.
• Pre-pare calamari:.
• Cut Calamari into strips and coat with drakes breading flour.
• Set fry oil at 375- use deep fry pan or fry daddy with at least 3-4 inches of canola oil.
• Fry Calamri 3-4 minutes until golden.
• warm sauce- add capers,tomatoes and scallions.
• add fried calamari and toss together.
• Serve on large platter and enjoy !

CALAMARI IN TOMATO WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Holding calamari tube, pull off head and tentacles; set aside. Rinse squid tubes under cold water, rubbing off purplish skin. Pull out and discard "pen" (long clear plastic-like skeleton) from centre of tubes.
• On cutting board, pull off and discard fins from tubes. Cut off and discard eyes and head from tentacles, keeping tentacles attached on ring on top. Squeeze hard beak from centre of tentacles and discard.
• Cut tubes crosswise into 1/2" wide rings; pat dry.
• In saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; cook onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add wine and hot pepper flakes; cook for 1 minutes.
• Add tomatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add squid; simmer until tender, about 3 - 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt.
• Note: fresh tomatoes could be used.but the sauce would need to cook down probably 10 minutes more.