Shrimp scampi pasta
Original Post:
http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/03/creamy-shrimp-scampi-pasta.html
Ingredients
1lb shrimp deveined
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Drizzle of oil
1 shallot finely chopped
5 garlic cloves sliced
2 garlic cloves shredded
4 tablespoon butter
1 cup white wine
1 ½ cup cream
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ lime (juice)
1 bunch chopped fresh parsley
1 box pasta cooked
(2 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix optional)
Instructions
- Wash, dry and season shrimp with salt black pepper and oil (or 1 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix and oil)
- Melt two tablespoon of butter with two table spoon of oil in a saucepan
- Add the shallots and garlic slices sauté for a few minutes until fragrant
- Add the shrimp and cook for a total of 1 minute per side, stir everything up and remove from heat and set aside
- In the same pan melt the remaining butter and oil, once melted add the wine, salt, black pepper, lime juice and sugar, bring to a boil. (or 1 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix to replace the salt)
- Once it is boiling add the cream and allow the sauce to thicken
- Once the sauce is thick stir in the chopped parsley and shredded garlic
- Finally add the sauté shrimp mixture back to the cream sauce then add in the cooked pasta stir and serve.
Greedy Tips:
- You can have the tails on or off the shrimp. I normally remove the tails when I mix pasta with shrimp but its optional.
- The less pasta you add the creamier your dish will be, the more pasta you add the more it soaks up the sauce. So judge it accordingly.
- Link to the original shrimp scampi recipe
- As usual you can use two sachets of hidden valley ranch seasoning to replace the salt for a more "authentic" scampi taste (see instructions)