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Clam Pizza

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

It’s pizza week at Great Eats with Petes! I love pizza. If I could handle it I would eat pizza everyday. I love pizza so much that I even managed to unlock the Pizzaiolo badge on foursquare for checking in to 25 different pizza places. Yes, you read that correctly I have checked in to 25 different pizza places. I also enjoy experimenting with toppings. This Clam Pizza was inspired by one I tried at Otto Pizzeria in New York City (there’s one in Las Vegas too). I hope you enjoy a good pizza as much as I do. Enjoy!

2 dozen little neck clams

1 pizza dough

Flour for dusting

Olive Oil

1-2 garlic cloves, minced

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Place clams on a baking sheet. Place clams in the oven and bake for 2-3 minutes or until the clams begin to open. DON’T WALK AWAY! This is only to open the clams a little so you can shuck them not cook them. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Once cool remove the clam from the shell along with the clam juice and set aside in a bowl.

Dust a clean, flat surface with flour. Dust the pizza dough with flour. Roll out dough into the shape you desire.

Brush with olive oil. Sprinkle the dough with garlic. Sprinkle the cheese over the pizza dough. Top with shucked clams and some of their juice. Sprinkle with parsley. Bake in oven on a cookie sheet, pizza pan or pizza stone. Allow approximately 17 minutes for the pizza to cook. Remove from oven.

Slice the pizza and Enjoy!

Tags: clam, clam pizza, dinner, entree, lunch, pizza, seafood, seafood pizza
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Ginger Soy Mahi Mahi

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Doctors are always telling everyone to eat more fish. Up until Tom and I met which, was at this point a long time ago, I never ate fish. I would eat crustaceans but not fish that had fins. Now that I do eat regular fish (still trying to like salmon though) I am always looking for a good recipe. We now try to eat fish at least once a week. This recipe was inspired by wanting Asian food but trying to avoid having to order in take out. It is another quick and easy weeknight meal that takes very little effort and prep time. Enjoy!

3 scallions, minced

1 garlic clove, minced

2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

1 1/2 teaspoons mirin

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon ginger, minced

2 Mahi-Mahi fillets

Salt

Pepper

In a small bowl mix half the scallions, the garlic, soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and ginger together. Set aside.

Salt and pepper the mahi mahi filets on both sides. In a large saute pan with high sides and a cover pour in the soy sauce mixture. Place the Mahi-Mahi fillets on top of the sauce. Heat over high heat and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover. Cook for 6 minutes. Remove cover and top with the remaining scallions. Cover again and cook until the fish is opaque another 4-6 minutes.

Remove from heat and drizzle with the sauce from the pan. Enjoy!

Tags: dinner, entree, fish, ginger, mahi mahi, scallions, seafood, soy sauce
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Shrimp Scampi with Linguine

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

We have been busy redoing the living room since Saturday. We’ve been trying to minimize our stuff and make this apartment really feel like home. When we moved in together nearly three years ago we inherited a lot of second hand furniture from various friends and relatives, it was finally time to make this place our own. We’ve been cleaning, throwing things out, reorganizing our items, picking out furniture, taking apart furniture etc. It’s been a busy couple of days and the end is finally in sight, not quite there yet but we are close.

Doing all of this work one can really work up an appetite. Instead of ordering in yet again I wanted to make something but it had to be quick. So I turned to a trusted and favorite recipe this shrimp scampi with linguine. Pasta is always a quick late night fix but this in particular is still light but scrumptious. I hope you enjoy it especially when you are looking for a quick good meal. Enjoy!

4 tablespoons of butter, separated

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 shallots, minced

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (more or less depending on taste)

1 pound of large or jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined

Salt

Pepper

1/2 cup white wine

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 cup chicken stock

1 pound of linguine, cooked

In a large, deep saute pan melt the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter together. Add in shallots and cook until translucent. Add in garlic and the red pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute.

Season shrimp with salt and pepper. Add to pan. Cook until pink on both sides. Remove shrimp from pan and set aside.

Add to pan the wine, lemon juice and chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Add in remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and allow to melt. Add shrimp and linguine to the pan. Mix all the ingredients to the pan. Season with salt and pepper if needed.

Serve warm and Enjoy!

Tags: dinner, entree, linguine, pasta, seafood, shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp scampi with linguine
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Tuna with Mustard and Pan Sauce

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

I took the easy way out last night and had McDonald’s for dinner. I immediately regretted that decision. I don’t think I have ever sat down and had it for dinner. It just wasn’t allowed in my house growing up and there are so many better take out options for us to even consider it in out adult life. I would have much rather had this quick and easy recipe. Mustard is something that I have only started to incorporate into my life. It is just something I never really enjoyed. I am starting to and surprisingly (well at least to me) it went really well with this tuna. I promise I will never have McDonald’s for dinner again unless it is on a road trip where it belongs. The trying out of the McRib just wasn’t worth it, my stomach hates me. I should have made this again and I hope you make it too. Enjoy!

1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon whole grain mustard

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tuna steaks

1 teaspoon olive oil

7 chives, minced

2 garlic cloves, minced

3/4 cup reduced sodium chicken broth

1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup fat free milk

In a shallow dish mix worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt and pepper. Add tuna, coating on all sides. Set aside to marinate for at least 10 minutes.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add tuna. Cook on both sides until desired doneness is reached. For medium-rare cook for 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove from pan and set aside.

Add chives and garlic to the pan. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth and bring to a boil. Add the milk cornstarch mix to the broth. Allow the sauce to thicken. Pour the sauce over the tuna and serve warm.

Enjoy!

Tags: dinner, entree, fish, mustard, pan sauce, seafood, tuna, tuna steak
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Scallop Fried Rice

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Every time my operations manager comes in for a visit her and I go to a Vietnamese restaurant for lunch. This means I get to have Vietnamese food at least once a month sometimes more if she comes sooner then that. I figured why wait, let me try to make it at home. My boyfriend’s mother gave us some beautiful scallops so I figured why not join the two. So here we go, here is some Scalloped Fried Rice. It’s almost Vietnamese but I had to add some soy sauce to it to mask the smell of either the fish sauce or vinegar (I couldn’t tell which it was). It is a really quick recipe too which made it great to have on a weeknight.

1 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tsp rice vinegar

1 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

Oil (I used olive oil but go ahead and use canola or vegetable)

1 pound scallops

Salt

Pepper

1 tablespoon ginger, minced or grated

1 carrot, minced

1 shallot, minced

2 cups cook white rice, cold

1 egg, lightly beaten

Splash of soy sauce (optional)

2 tablespoons cilantro, minced (So I forgot to add this originally. It added a nice fresh tasted when I remembered it was missing)

Combine fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Mix to combine and set aside.

Salt and pepper the scallops. On a large non-stick skillet over high heat, heat oil. Add the scallops until browned on both sides. Remove from pan and set aside.

Heat more oil in the same skillet. Add the carrots, ginger and shallots. Cook, for 3-4 minutes, until the carrots have softened. Add in the rice and fish sauce mixture. Cook until heated through, constantly stirring. Add the egg and scallops. Mix until combine and heated through. Add in the splash of soy sauce, stir to combine. Stir in cilantro.