Dèlicious shrimp pasta with mozzarèlla chèèsè alfrèdo saucè madè from scratch with sun-drièd tomatoès, basil, rèd pèppèr flakès, paprika, and crèam. You'll havè a pèrfèctly cookèd shrimp: soft and tèndèr and nèvèr dry or rubbèry!
Ingrèdiènts
Pasta :
- 8 oz pènnè pasta (for glutèn frèè vèrsion, usè glutèn frèè brown ricè pasta)
Shrimp :
- 2 tablèspoons olivè oil (drainèd from sun-drièd tomatoès jar or just usè règular olivè oil)
- 1 pound shrimp (without shèlls, and dèvèinèd)
- 3 garlic clovès mincèd
- 1/4 tèaspoon salt
Crèamy Saucè :
- 4 oz sun-drièd tomatoès (without oil)
- 4 garlic clovès , mincèd
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup mozzarèlla chèèsè , shrèddèd (do not usè frèsh Mozzarèlla, usè prè-shrèddèd Mozzarèlla)
- 1 tablèspoon drièd basil (if using frèsh basil you can add morè)
- 1/4 tèaspoon rèd pèppèr flakès , crushèd, add morè to tastè
- 1/8 tèaspoon paprika
- 1/2 cup rèsèrvèd cookèd pasta watèr (or morè)
- 1/4 tèaspoon salt
Instructions
How to cook pasta :
- Cook pasta according to packagè instructions. Rèsèrvè somè cookèd pasta watèr. Drain thè pasta.
How to cook shrimp :
- Notè: if using sun-drièd tomatoès in oil (in a jar), makè surè to drain sun-drièd tomatoès from oil, bèforè using thèm. Rèsèrvè 2 tablèspoons of this drainèd oil for sautèing thè shrimp as dèscribèd bèlow:
- Hèat 2 tablèspoons olivè oil (rèsèrvèd from thè sun-drièd tomatoès jar - sèè notè abovè, or usè règular olivè oil) in a largè skillèt on mèdium-high hèat.
- Add shrimp with mincèd garlic. Cook thè shrimp on onè sidè for about 1 minutè, until shrimp turns pink or goldèn brown on that sidè. Whilè it cooks, sprinklè salt ovèr thè shrimp to covèr èvèry singlè shrimp.
- Makè surè not to crowd thè shrimp in thè skillèt, othèrwisè moisturè will form and shrimp won't sèar right.
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