Shrimp Pasta Recipes

Two shrimp pasta recipes: the first is with asparagus and one of the best among the easy pasta recipes with seafood and the second is al cartoccio, one of the baked pasta recipes.

Easy Pasta Recipes: Penne with Shrimp and Asparagus

400 gr. (14 ounces) PENNE

100 gr. (4 ounces) peeled SHRIMP

1 clove of garlic

100 gr. (4 ounces) medium ASPARAGUS spears

4 tablespoons TOMATO SAUCE

4 tablespoons COOKING CREAM

1/2 glass WHITE WINE

Extra virgin OLIVE OIL

Cut off the bottom of the asparagus, wash them and cook them in boiling water for few minutes. Let the asparagus cool and cut them in small pieces.

In a deep skillet cook the shrimps and the garlic with a little olive oil. Remove the garlic, add the wine and let evaporate over medium heat. Add the asparagus and mix with a wooden spoon.

Mix the tomato sauce with the cream, add to the other ingredients and let cook for few minutes.

Cook the penne, drain, add to the skillet and mix with the wooden spoon.

Serves 4

400 gr. (14 ounces) PENNE


400 gr. peeled SHRIMPS

150 gr. (6 ounces) sweet PEAS

1 onion

1 glass white wine

Extra virgin OLIVE OIL

Cook the shrimps in a deep pan with a little olive oil and the onion finely chopped, add the wine and let evaporate.

Add the peas, salt, pepper and let cook on low fire, if necessary add a little more wine.

Cook the pasta well al dente and drain, mix it in the pan with the other ingredients and pour it on aluminum foil placed in an oven safe dish and close the foil.

Place the dish in the preheated oven at moderate heat for ten minutes. Serve at the table opening the steaming cartoccio of aluminum.

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