Seafood Pasta

To get started, I needed to come up with sauce recipe. I wanted a white sauce that wasn't going to over-power the flavor of the seafood. Here is the recipe I came up with:

1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, chopped
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup white wine
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large saute pan. Saute the garlic until golden. Add the cream, wine, and cheese. Simmer for about 6 minutes. Whisk in the rest of the butter.

Cook about a half of a package of spaghetti according to the directions. Set aside.

Add about a half pound of uncooked, peeled shrimp to the sauce. Cook until the shrimp turns pink. Mix in 2 cans of clams, 1 can of whole oysters (I like to break them up, but they can be left whole), and either lump crab meat or imitation crab meat if you are short on cash. Let the ingredients simmer in the sauce to allow the flavor to combine.

While the sauce simmers, steam some fresh broccoli and spinach. Then, add the vegetables to the sauce. I also added a can of diced tomatoes, drained. Toss in the pasta, and you are done! Serve with grated Parmesan on top.