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:

·      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

Creamy 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

 

 

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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