Squid Ink Sauce Spaghetti or Pasta Nera/Negro
Squid ink pasta sauce is popular Italian cuisine. The squid ink pasta is called Pasta Nera or Pasta al nero di seppia in Italian, Negro Pasta or Negre Pasta in Spanish. It’s have a very fresh sea aromas with a nice savoury hint. Just make sure u use a very fresh squid for this recipe. You can harvest squid ink by gently pulling the squid head then collect the ink sack from the squid. Squezze the black ink from the sack and it’s ready to use. Squid ink has been popular to coloring food, include famous black homemade squid ink infused pasta or arroz negro, squid ink risotto.
Squid Ink Sauce Spaghetti or Pasta Nera/Negro
The basic recipe for squid ink sauce is onion, garlic, tomato and squid ink. You dan use sun dried tomato to for more deep flavour.For the quid ink, you can use freshly squezzed squid ink or the jarred quid ink for this recipe. My fried told me that squid ink is needed to sauteed or evaporated first while cooking to release the “sea” aromas. That’s why i pour the squid ink before adding the sun dried tomatoes. Season with a good italian herbs and some chilli flakes to make some kick to the dish. I served the pasta with BLACKENED SALMON FILLET
Blackened Salmon Fillet with Squid Ink Sauce Pasta
Squid Ink Sauce Spaghetti or Pasta Negro Recipe:
Ingredient:
- 125 grspaghtti pasta, cook with package instruction
- 2 tbsp olive oil or truffle oil for drizzling
- spinach salad for garnishing
- diced yellow, red plum tomato and bird eye chillies for garnishing
Sun Dried Tomato and Roasted Pepper Sauce Recipe:
- 1 tbsp squid ink (from 4-5 medium size squid)
- 50 gr HOMEMADE SUN DRIED TOMATOES, soaked with boiling water for 10 minutes, drained and finely chopped, reserve the liqid
- *2 fresh tomato if you don’t have sun dried tomato*
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- a pinch of oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instruction:
How to Make Squid Ink Sauce:
- Heat up the olive oil in a sauce pan, saute the onion and garlic until fragrance and slightly browned
- Add the squid ink and let it evaporate a lil bit
- Add the sun dried tomato and saute another minute
- Pour the liquid from soaking sun dried tomato, season with salt, pepper, cheese and oregano, bring to boil
- Simmer and reduce the sauce until thicken
- Mix and toss the pasta to the sauce
- Serve with BLACKENED SALMON FILLET
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I love pasta with squid ink. It always makes the dish look so dramatic! Your blackened salmon on black pasta looks fabulous.
(Just a small correction: in Italian it would be called “pasta nera” but I have seen it most often as “spaghetti al nero di seppia” (negro is a Spanish, not Italian word).)
Okey then, i will fix that, thx a lot Sissy
Well, actually the italian restaurant serve thish kind of dish as negro….hehehe
Sorry, I hope you don’t mind. I speak Italian so couldn’t help myself… I count on your corrections if I ever make mistakes in languages you know 😉
I agree with Sissi, this is a very dramatic dish; I love the way you offset the salmon with the green, it’s better definition. I used to order squid ink pasta in restaurants but I’ve cut my carbs dramatically so I haven’t had it in years, this post has made me want to make it!
I used to served pasta with salad for color and crisp texture.
Everybody is deserved a carbs Eva,
you know, actually the one who neglect carbs as an energy source is tend to had a degenerative disease twice times larger….
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Ajuuuuu suka pasta tp karena item, koq berasa aneh yaaa Ded?
Itu item pake tinta cumi mbak….hehehe
kliatannya agak”aneh” tp rasanya legit banget mbak…..
Lovely looking dish!
I wonder if this would work with zucchini noodles, or spaghetti squash as replacements for pasta…
Sounds tempting too,
never seen any of that before…
but i think the sauce is must be throughly cook and cooled down before tossed with the veggies noodle..
Yeah, I agree. Maybe we’ll have to try it!
Another wonderful dish, Dedy. Just this week I learned where I can find squid ink. I’ve been looking for it for years.
I thought squid ink paste is easy to find in Italy….
Yes but Chicago is a far distance from Italy. 🙂
My bad, i thought you’re lived in Itaky John….hehehe
jadi kepo rasanya nih, soalnya belum pernah makan cumi bertinta
This dish looks so very elegant and I can say that I have eaten “black pasta” on more than one occasion before – it has such a distinct and wonderful taste. I can just imagine that if you top this lovely pasta with blackened salmon, it must be even more delicious – great recipe and wonderful pictures!
Looks great would love to try have never tried squid in and fun to learn how to extract it
yummy
This is one ingredient I miss using squid ink, we use them in spaghetti and a type of squid stew. I am not sure where to find it in where I am so I will just drool over that photo of yours
suka bikin buat nasgor & spageti terus dipanggang dulu bentar nasgor & spagetinya.. nyummie deh pake tinta cumi..
maksudnya nasi goreng sama spaghettinya dicampur mbak..
aku juga suka sih, diatasnya dikasih mozarella, dipanggang sampe kejunya melted doang…
i’ve used squid ink exactly once, and that was for a halloween dinner special at my restaurant–what fun! 🙂
A mouthwatering dish! Salmon is on eof my favorite fishes.
Cheers,
Rosa
I have had squid ink sauce spaghetti in Japan. It is very popular there. I have not found the ingredient (ink sauce) in our area yet!
you can harvest the ink from the fresh squid then Fae……
Great recipe. I love the look of the sun dried tomato sauce.
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