Pasta in Seafood Marinara

Serves: 5

Ingredients:
300 gms fettuccine pasta
1/4 kilo squid, sliced thinly
1/4 kilo clams
1/4 kilo mussels
10 tomatoes, chopped
5 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
2 dried chilli peppers, chopped
1 bay leaf
Finely chopped fresh parsley
Finely chopped fresh basil
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

• Thoroughly clean the squid and remove the ink. Slice thinly.
• Thoroughly clean the clams and mussels then soak in water for 30 minutes to remove the sand inside.
• In a pot, boil heavily salted water, around 2 liters.
• Add the pasta when boiling then cook until al dente.
• Now let's make the marinara sauce. In a saucepan, saute garlic, pepper and bay leaf in a low flame.
• Let the garlic brown a little bit but be careful not to burn it.
• Add the chopped tomatoes.
• Add the basil and parsely.
• Simmer and crush the tomatoes with the spatula when it's already tender.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Let the sauce simmer until all the liquid has evaporated.
• After that, add the squid, clams and mussels and increase the heat to medium. 
• Do not add water. Let the clams and mussels give out their own juices.
• Cover the saucepan and let it simmer until the shells open up and get cooked, around 5 minutes.
• Pour the sauce over cooked pasta and serve.
• Cheese and seafood usually do not go together so I am not putting cheese on my seafood pasta.