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[Big Nake]

I'm going to attempt to explain this in here but this could be tough sledding because I don't have much of a description.  I have been to a restaurant in the Caribbean that makes a red sauce that I have had in a seafood risotto and the sauce is just outstanding.  I was there this past February and my inlaws were with us.  I ordered the seafood risotto again and my MIL ordered a pasta dish that had the same sauce.  It's nothing like you might find in a store.  It's "light" and not as tomato-ey as you might ordinarily see.  It doesn't seem as RED but more pink.  It's not a vodka or combination of pasta sauce with alfredo or anything like that.  I'm sure there must be garlic and/or onion in it.  My wife and I went to a place nearby that also has excellent food and there was a seafood risotto on the menu so I ordered it.  The sauce was really close to this one I'm describing.  The owner came by our table to see how we were and I said, "You just have to give me the recipe for that sauce" and he said, "Yeah, that's one of those 'I would tell you but then I would have to kill you' kind of things".    It's hard to explain but I'm wondering if there are any others out there who have experienced anything like this.

I'm going to hesitantly link to THIS because I see that it's a bolagnese sauce that is used but then there is fish stock which I could see as a flavoring for the risotto but that doesn't explain how the same sauce ended up on my MIL's plate unless her pasta had seafood in it as well.

[Stains_not_here_man]

The root of "marinara" is essentially "marine" and should be made with anchovies so it's not impossible for a seafood based sauce to be on pasta. That's all I got

[Big Nake]

The root of "marinara" is essentially "marine" and should be made with anchovies so it's not impossible for a seafood based sauce to be on pasta. That's all I got

Yeah, makes sense.  This sauce is not thick or red or chunky... it's thin and light.  I actually sent an email to the restaurant nearby but I don't expect an answer.  I might look at one of these seafood risotto recipes that looks like it has the same kind of sauce and then make it so I can see if I can get close.  I could easily see a restaurant using a special seafood-style sauce on their pasta dishes that include seafood and then a more traditional sauce for more traditional pasta dishes.  

[positiveContact]

I would think they would at least give you a name of the sauce so you could try to search for your own recipe.

[Stains_not_here_man]

I've actually had good luck emailing local chefs for recipes. Not 100% but, you never know until you try.

[Big Nake]

The sauce has some tomato character to it but it's not as in-your-face as a standard red pasta sauce.  Some amount of fish stock is very possible.  I'm going to keep noodling with it and poking around until I find it.  Imagine the risotto is sort of orangy-pinky.  There is a hint of tomato and then probably garlic, onion and Jeebus knows what else.  Then some shrimp, pieces of lobster, maybe a mussel here and there, a few chunks of fish, a few scallops... yum.  I'm on a quest now. 

[AspenLeif]

At least you’re not calling it a gravy, like a retarded Glacies.

[Big Nake]

At least you’re not calling it a gravy, like a retarded Glacies.

[Mya]

i's probably made from a fresh pink tomato puree

[Big Nake]

I got a response back from the restaurant saying that they like to keep their recipes "in house". Okay.

i's probably made from a fresh pink tomato puree

Go on...

[porter]

I'm guessing there's a small amount of cream in it.

[Big Nake]

I'm guessing there's a small amount of cream in it.

Very possible.

[Mya]

I got a response back from the restaurant saying that they like to keep their recipes "in house". Okay.

Go on...

pink tomatoes tend to be less orangy-red and more fruity sweet with a nice acid bite, that could be peeled and milled and barely cooked

[AspenLeif]

Any chance it’s s vodka sauce?

[Chuck d Rochefort]

All you need to know

[positiveContact]

 It's not a vodka or combination of pasta sauce with alfredo or anything like that.

 

 

Any chance it’s s vodka sauce?

 

or perhaps pasta sauce with alfredo? 

 

 

 

 

 

[AspenLeif]

No, vodka sauce

https://shewearsmany...a-sauce-recipe/

[positiveContact]

No, vodka sauce

https://shewearsmany...a-sauce-recipe/

 

ER said it's NOT vodka sauce in the quote I put there.  I was just joking around though.

[Big Nake]

No, vodka sauce

https://shewearsmany...a-sauce-recipe/

I can't say for sure but do you think it would be mentioned on the menu that it was vodka sauce?  Neither of the places that had this similar sauce referred to it as a vodka sauce... but I suppose it could be.  

[positiveContact]

I can't say for sure but do you think it would be mentioned on the menu that it was vodka sauce?  Neither of the places that had this similar sauce referred to it as a vodka sauce... but I suppose it could be.