SHRIMP PASTA WITH CREAMY MOZZARELLA SAUCE
Delicious shrimp pasta with
mozzarella cheese alfredo sauce made from scratch with sun-dried tomatoes,
basil, red pepper flakes, paprika, and cream. You'll have a perfectly
cooked shrimp: soft and tender and never dry or rubbery!
Ingredients
Pasta:
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8 oz penne
pasta (for gluten free version, use gluten free brown rice pasta)
Shrimp:
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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
Creamy Sauce:
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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
Instructions
How to cook pasta
1. Cook pasta according to package
instructions. Reserve some cooked pasta water. Drain the pasta.
How to cook shrimp
1. Note: if using sun-dried tomatoes
in oil (in a jar), make sure to drain sun-dried tomatoes from oil, before using
them. Reserve 2 tablespoons of this drained oil for sauteing the shrimp as
described below:
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