Prawns, Clams and Crab, Oh My!

No, this is not the land of Oz, and we do not have a yellow brick road here! And the prawns, clams or crab that we do find here are not hiding in the forest! OK, pretty lame, but this sort of went with the title of this post! We are going to head into the kitchen today where we will find the prawns, clams and crab! Oh my! OK – stop it already Barb! Let’s go!

Ingredients
1 # large prawns
10 oz whole baby clams
6 oz crab
1 cup of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup peas
4 TBS butter
5 cloves of garlic
1 tsp dill weed
1 – 1 1/2 cups dry pasta
Alfredo Sauce

First, get all of your ingredients together. Then heat water and cook the pasta according to the package directions. While the pasta is cooking add the butter, garlic and mushrooms to a skillet and heat over medium high heat.

Mushrooms cooking up

As the aroma of the garlic starts to raise, add the prawns then the dill.

Add the prawns

Watch the prawns. The color will start to travel up the sides. When the pink color is a bit less than half way up, add the clams and stir the pot making sure that the prawns are now laying on the gray side.

Add the clams

Add the peas.

Then add the peas

At this point, start to heat up the Alfredo sauce. Turn the heat down to medium. Let this cook for a couple of minutes and scatter with 1/2 the crab meat.

Add the crab

Turn the heat off and cover. Your pasta should be done. Drain the pasta. Before adding this to the skillet, lift the cover off and check your prawns. They should be completely pink. If not, let this sit a minute or two longer. Then add the pasta to the skillet, stirring well to combine.

Add in the pasta

Once combined add in the hot Alfredo sauce and stir to coat the pasta and shellfish.

Then the Alfredo sauce

Plate it, and top the portion with some of the remaining crab!

Dinner is served!

Dinner is served!

I hope that you try this easy and simple dish! Have a great Thursday!