Homemade Squid Ink Spaghetti with Lemon Brown Butter & Calamari
Homemade Squid Ink Spaghetti in a Lemon Brown Butter & Calamari Sauce! We used our favorite Hello Cucina pasta maker and Wegmans fresh calamari to perfect this delicious Sunday pasta dish! We had so much fun making these squid ink homemades (if you’re Italian you get “homemades” lol) so a special thank you to Hello Cucina !!
Spooky season just passed, and it inspired us to try making a homemade squid ink spaghetti. The squid ink that is used in the dough is actually pretty easy to find. We ordered it right off of Amazon and received it a day later! You can also find this item in specialty Italian Market stores! But it is really as simple as adding this ingredient to the dough, and there you have it, the perfect homemade squid ink spaghetti!
Squid ink pasta makes things more fun! It doesn’t necessarily taste any different than your typical pasta, but it’s fun to have with a seafood sauce, and of course it makes for a fun photo! The calamari is a perfect pair with the squid ink pasta, and the lemon brown butter well you can’t go wrong!
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove chopped
Red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper
2 lbs calamari, tubes and tentacles cleaned
1 lemon sliced
1 lemon juiced
1/2 cup white wine
3/4 - 1 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 pound pasta
Directions
In a large skillet heat butter and olive oil. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes , when garlic sizzles, add the calamari, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cook for about 10 minutes, sautéing on both sides. Remove calamari and slice the tubes. Add the sliced lemon. Cook on both sides till browned. Add more butter if needed. Add wine and chicken stock and reduce. Add the calamari back to the skillet and add the lemon juice and parsley.
Cook the pasta and transfer back to the skillet . Toss to combine. Top with extra parsley lemon slices and red pepper flakes.
