Creamy Seafood Pasta made without Butter, Cream, or Cheese

There’s no need for dairy when making a creamy seafood pasta. This dairy-free version uses a rich olive oil rue and seafood juices for a more full-bodied flavor. The recipe is also quite versatile. You can make the sauce thicker or thinner, omit the seafood juices, add more seasonings, or substitute in some vegetables. Whatever works for you!

Photo by Markus Winkler. 

This Creamy Seafood Pasta doesn’t need Butter, Cream, or Cheese

This Creamy Seafood Pasta recipe was originally shared with us by Blue Diamond Growers, the makers of Almond Breeze non-dairy beverage, many years ago. But we have since adapted it for greater versatility.

We prefer unsweetened coconut milk beverage with creamy seafood dishes, since it tends to be complementary. But feel free to use your favorite unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage for cooking – just be sure to keep the flavor profile in mind.

Special Diet Notes: Dairy-Free Creamy Seafood Pasta

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, peanut-free, optionally nut-free, and soy-free.

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Dairy-Free Creamy Seafood Pasta

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Surimi can be substituted for crab. Use any good quality white, firm fish in place of some of the seafood, if desired. You can also serve this creamy seafood sauce in puff pastry (yes, it's dairy free!) or over rice.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings: 6 servngs

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Calories: 569

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pound pasta
• ½ cup olive oil divided
• 2 cups mushrooms sliced (optional)
• 4 stalks green onions diced
• 8-12 medium size shrimp peeled, uncooked
• ⅔ cup clams and juice uncooked (optional)
• ⅔ cup scallops uncooked
• ⅔ cup crab uncooked
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour unbleached
• 1 ½ cups unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage (like coconut milk beverage)
• 2 tablespoon dried dill (or 3/4 tablespoon fresh minced dill)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• Sea salt to taste
• ⅓ cup white wine optional

Method

 

1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
2. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a large soup pot.
3. Stir in the mushrooms (if using), onion, shrimp, clams (if using), and scallops. Cook until the seafood is tender, approximately 6 to 8 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat, and stir in the crab. Transfer the seafood to a bowl, leaving the seafood juices in stockpot.
5. Add the remaining 1/4 cup oil to pot. Whisk in the flour until smooth. Add half of the dairy-free milk beverage and cook over low heat, whisking continuously, for 4 to 5 minutes.
6. Whisk in the remaining milk beverage, dill, lemon juice, pepper, and tabasco. Bring to a simmer and cook over low heat for 5 to 6 minutes.
7. Add the seafood to the sauce and season to taste with salt.
8. Gently simmer for an additional 5 to 6 minutes, stirring often. Add the wine, if desired.
9. Serve over pasta.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 servingCalories: 569kcalCarbohydrates: 51.7gProtein: 40gFat: 21.4gSaturated Fat: 3.9gSodium: 319mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.6g

Notes

Sodium Note: Add about 100mg of sodium per serving for each 1/4 teaspoon of salt you add to the recipe.

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