Garlic Parsley Shrimp pasta

original blog post:http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2016/03/garlic-parsley-shrimp-pasta.html

Ingredients

1 bunch fresh Parsley

5 garlic cloves

½ cup olive oil

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

1 small onion chopped (about ¼ cup)

1 tablespoon butter

1 lb shrimp peeled deveined tail on

1/2 cup heavy cream

3 pinches of sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

1 box penne Pasta cooked

Instructions

• In a blender, blend parsley, garlic, oil, salt and pepper,
• Take 2 tablespoons of the mixture and season the shrimp (marinate for 8 to 10 minutes)
• In a sauce pan spoon in another tablespoon of the mixture with butter and sauté the onions for a few seconds.
• Add the shrimp to the pan and cook on both sides until just pink about 1 minute per side
• To the shrimp and onion sauté add the heavy cream, the remaining parsley mixture and sugar.
• Stir this until the mixture starts to thicken about 1 to 2 minutes, taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Turn off the heat under the shrimp, Strain the hot cooked pasta and add directly to the creamy shrimp mixture.
• Stir to coat every pasta with sauce and serve hot.

Greedy tips:

• Make sure to salt the pasta water
• Try to time the pasta so that the cooking time ends right around the time the shrimp and sauce are ready so you can add the hot pasta directly to the creamy shrimp mixture
• Want it more saucy? use more cream, but make sure to season it.