yum pasta with mushroom and prawns
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One of the bests ways to cook and eat shrimp is in a luscious creamy sauce with pasta! Some of my favorites are creamy mozzarella shrimp pasta and spicy shrimp pasta with tomato cream sauce.
And, don't forget mushrooms - they go amazingly well with shrimp, as in this pesto shrimp mushroom pasta!
How to thicken or to thin out the cream sauce?
• To make the cream sauce thicker, add more cheese, while liquids are hot.
• To make the cream sauce thinner, add reserved warm pasta water (from cooking pasta).
Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Mushrooms
Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Mushrooms in a homemade alfredo sauce. The creamy pasta sauce is made with Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese, garlic, basil, crushed red pepper flakes, paprika.
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PREP TIME15minutes mins
COOK TIME15minutes mins
TOTAL TIME30minutes mins
COURSEMain Course
CUISINEAmerican, Italian
SERVINGS4 servings
CALORIES PER SERVING571 kcal
One of the bests ways to cook and eat shrimp is in a luscious creamy sauce with pasta! Some of my favorites are creamy mozzarella shrimp pasta and spicy shrimp pasta with tomato cream sauce.
And, don't forget mushrooms - they go amazingly well with shrimp, as in this pesto shrimp mushroom pasta!
How to make creamy shrimp pasta
1) First, saute shrimp in olive oil, garlic, basil, and paprika.
2) Then, remove the shrimp from the skillet and in the same pan saute some mushrooms.
3) Add cooked shrimp to the skillet with mushrooms.
4) Next, make creamy shrimp pasta sauce. To the skillet with cooked shrimp and the mushrooms, add half-and-half, cheeses, more spices while the sauce simmers. Simmer the sauce, stirring, until the sauce thickens.
5) Add cooked and drained pasta to the skillet with shrimp, mushrooms, and the cream sauce. Reheat on medium heat. Stir well.
Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Mushrooms
Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Mushrooms in a homemade alfredo sauce. The creamy pasta sauce is made with Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese, garlic, basil, crushed red pepper flakes, paprika.
Ingredients
• 8 oz fettuccine pasta (for gluten free version, use gluten free brown rice pasta)
• ½ cup cooked pasta water (optional)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb shrimp (10 big shrimp or 20 small shrimp without shells, deveined)
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• ¼ teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 8 oz mushrooms thinly sliced
• 1 cup half and half
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
• ½ cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
Instructions
Cook pasta
• Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain. Reserve some of the pasta water.
How to cook shrimp
• Heat a large skillet until hot - add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and immediately add garlic and shrimp.
• Cook on one side for about 1 minute until pink, on medium-high heat.
• Flip the shrimp to the other side. Sprinkle the top of the cooked side of shrimp with dry basil, paprika, crushed red pepper flakes, and salt. Cook for another 1-2 minutes, occasionally stirring, until shrimp is pink on both sides.
• Remove the shrimp from the skillet. If shrimp is a little undercooked - it's OK because you will continue cooking it in the sauce.
How to cook mushrooms
• To the same, now empty, skillet, add sliced mushrooms. Add more olive oil if necessary.
• Cook on medium-high heat for about 2 minutes, occasionally stirring, until mushrooms become soft and release juices. Sprinkle with a small amount of salt midway through cooking.
How to make creamy sauce
• To the skillet with mushrooms, add cooked shrimp. Immediately add 1 cup half-and-half. Bring to boil.
• Add half the cheese (½ cup). Bring to boil, and immediately reduce to medium-simmer. Cook, constantly stirring, until the cheese melts.
• Gradually start adding the remaining cheese (½ cup), while stirring. Do not add all of the remaining ½ cup of cheese at once. Add just enough for the sauce to get creamy without getting too thick. You might not use all of the remaining cheese.
• Remove from heat. Taste, and add more salt if needed.
• Add cooked and drained pasta from step 1 to the skillet with shrimp and mushrooms and cream sauce. Reheat on medium heat. Stir well.
• If the cream sauce is too thick and you want it thinner - add some pasta water in small amounts to the cream sauce (while the sauce is simmering on low-medium heat) until you reach desired consistency.
• Season with more salt and add more crushed red pepper flakes and basil, if desired
Notes
What is half-and-half?
Here is what to do to substitute for 1 cup of half-and-half: combine ½ cup milk and ½ cup heavy cream.
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