SHRIMP PASTA WITH CREAMY MOZZARELLA SAUCE

Shrimp Pasta in a tasty creamy mozzarella sauce, made tottaly from scratch with sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and red pepper flakes. A big recipe for shrimp lovers!

firstly, let me concede my love for shrimp. It’s one of my favorite kind of seafood, and I cook it quite a lot. So, you’ve come to the right place for shrimp recipes!  I’ve made all type of shrimp pasta through the years, and this recipe certainly stands out as one of my favorites! It was an prompt success in my house! This could become one of your favorite dinner recipes, too!

This shrimp pasta is so easy to make!  start, cook the shrimp in olive oil with lots of garlic – your kitchen will smell so nice! after that making the cream sauce by sautéing sun-dried tomatoes and garlic, adding cream, basil, red pepper flakes, paprika.  last, mate everything jointly : shrimp, pasta, and the cream sauce! YUM!

for high colesterol sufferer , please carefully consume this food because it is made from seafood that contain a lot of cholesterol do not all too often eating these foods.

• Prepare time : "30 minit
• Cook time : "30 minit
• Total time : "1 hr

Ingredients

• Pasta:
• 8 oz penne pasta (for gluten free version, use gluten free brown rice pasta)
• Shrimp:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (drained from sun-dried tomatoes jar or just use regular olive oil)
• 1 pound shrimp (without shells, and deveined)
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Sauce:
• 4 oz sun-dried tomatoes (without oil)
• 4 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 cup half and half
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese , shredded (never frozen)
• 1 tablespoon dried basil (if using fresh basil you can add more)
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes , crushed, add more to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 cup reserved cooked pasta water (or more)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Intruction/ metode /steps

1. cook pasta acording to package instructions . Reserve some cooked pasta water . Drain the pasta Note: if use sun-dried tomatoes in oil (in a jar), create sure to drain sun-dried tomatoes from oil, before using them. Reserve 2 tablespoons of this dried oil for sauteing the shrimp as explained below:
2. Hot 2 tablespoons olive oil (reserved from the sun-dry tomatoes jar - see note above, or usedregular olive oil) in a big pan on medium-high heat. Add shrimp, minced garlic and ripe  the shrimp on one side for about 1 minute, until shrimp turns pink or golden brown on that side. temporary it cooks, sprinkle the top of shrimp with salt to cover every single shrimp. Making  sure not to throngs the shrimp in the pan , otherwise moisture will form and shrimp won't sear right. After 1 minute, Flip the shrimp over to the other side and ripe for about 30 seconds or 1 minute better . The shrimp must be golden color or pink on second side and not overcooked.
3. Remove the shrimp to a plate, became careffully to left all the oil in the pan.
4. To the same skillet, add sun-dried tomatoes (drained from oil and sliced into smaller chunks, if needed) and better minced garlic, and saute in olive oil (remaining from shrimp) on middle heat, stirring, for 1 minute until the garlic is fragrant. The skillet must  be hot.
5. Appened half and half to the hot pan with sun-dried tomatoes and bring to boil. Appened grated cheese to the pan , and stir in temporary boiling. immediate decreace to simmer and cook, constantly stirring, until all the cheese melts and the cream sauce forms. If the sauce is too thick, add a small amount of half and half or reserved cooked pasta water. Add basil, crushed red pepper flakes, paprika. Stir.
6. Appened 1/4 teaspoon of salt gradually, stirring on low heat and sample (you might need slightly less than 1/4 teaspoon).
7. Appened  cooked pasta to the sauce, and heat soft on medium hot. add the cooked shrimp, stir it in.sense, and add better salt, if need. Add a small quantity of half and half or reserved cooked pasta water, if the sauce is too bold. Let everything boil on low hott for a couple of minutes for flavors to combine.

Note: Makes sure to salt the dish just simply to brought out of the flavors of basil and sun-dried tomatoes.

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