Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy shrimp pesto pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in cream, and season with pepper. Stir Parmesan cheese into cream sauce, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Creamy pesto shrimp pasta is a beautifully flavorful dinner.
Creamy Shrimp Pesto Pasta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Shrimp Pesto Pasta is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy shrimp pesto pasta using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Shrimp Pesto Pasta:
- Get Creamy Pesto Sauce
- Get 2 tablespoons butter
- Get 2 tsp minced garlic
- Get 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- Get 1/4 cup water
- Get 1/4 pesto sauce
- Take to taste Salt
- Prepare 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- Get Pasta
- Take 16 oz pasta (rigatoni preferred so sauce can fill holes)
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 4 tsp minced garlic
- Get 4 green onion stalks, sliced
- Take 1 lb Shrimp (thawed, if frozen)
- Prepare 2 Green Zucchinis, quarter sliced
- Take 12-16 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Prepare 12-16 oz grape tomatoes
- Get Optional, fresh basil for garnish
While pasta is cooking, toss shrimp with oil and season with salt and pepper. Put the pasta in a glass oven-safe dish and add a few drops of water. If needed, add a few more drops of water during baking to keep the pasta from drying out. This is creamy pesto shrimp, an unbelievably versatile meal you can serve with pasta, rice, vegetables, salads,.
Instructions to make Creamy Shrimp Pesto Pasta:
- Heat butter on medium heat
- Add minced garlic and cook until lightly browned
- Add cream and water and heat until hot but not boiling
- Add pesto sauce, mix pot and lower heat to low uncovered for about 5 minutes
- Add parmesan cheese and stir until fully dissolved. Add salt to taste
- Cook pasta according to package
- Heat oil on medium heat with garlic and green onions until light brown and caramelized
- Add shrimp and cook until completely pink, about 5 minutes
- Remove shrimp from iron skillet
- Add red pepper and more salt to taste
- Add zucchini and cook until softened, about 3 minutes
- Add mushroom and tomatoes and cook until lightly softened, about 3 minutes
- Serve individually or mix pasta,
If needed, add a few more drops of water during baking to keep the pasta from drying out. This is creamy pesto shrimp, an unbelievably versatile meal you can serve with pasta, rice, vegetables, salads,. Quick and versatile, pesto can be used in a variety of recipes like my sausage & garlic pesto flatbread or mixed with cooked pasta, roasted vegetables, spread on sandwiches, artisan bread, and today's shrimp recipe. From-scratch pesto is much easier than you think and tastes. Creamy Pesto Shrimp Alfredo with parmesan cheese and blistered tomatoes is the shrimp recipe of your dreams!
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