If you haven’t already figured it out, shrimp and other seafood are one of my favorite types of food (of course, it comes in for a close tie with Mexican food) to eat and cook. I had some shrimp leftover from a previous recipe so on Sunday, I decided to thaw them out and use them for an excellent recipe. “What type of excellent recipe would I make” I asked myself. I checked my pantry and my refrigerator and determined that I had some cream, spicy diced tomatoes and pasta so I headed to the internet and did some recipe browsing. What I decided to make was a Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato Cream Sauce. And boy oh boy was it scrumptious! Please enjoy the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1/2lb of large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 tbsp of olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp of fresh basil, chopped
- 1/4 tsp of oregano (I used dried – it’s all I had at the time)
- 3/4 tsp of white sugar
- 1/8 tsp of ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1/2 cup of heavy cream
- 1 15oz can of spicy red pepper diced tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp of salt
- 8oz of pasta
Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until tender.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the shrimp, 1 tbsp of olive oil and 1 clove of minced garlic. Saute in a pan for about 3-5 minutes per side. Once cooked, remove from heat and set aside.
3. In a large pot, saute the onion and garlic in 2 tbsp of olive oil until tender.
4. Add the tomatoes, basil, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper and mix well. Puree with a hand mixer (use the puree attachment)
5. Bring to a light boil and stir occasionally until thickened.
6. Reduce the heat to low and add the heavy cream and the butter. Mix well. Add the shrimp, mix well and simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Serve over pasta (I opted for whole wheat pasta but next time I am going to try gluten free pasta)
Enjoy
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Oh wow this looks so good Julie!!!!
This looks good! I'll have to keep an eye out for spicy red pepper diced tomatoes next time I'm at the store. I've never heard of them!
My hubbie would love you for this recipe! We love seafood, I am bookmarking this to make for my family, thanks so much for this recipe!
Thank you so much for sharing this, Julie! I can't wait to try this recipe too!
Yum! I love the sound of that sauce!
This looks fantastic. I can't eat shrimp but I do have mock crab meat, I could sub in.
i make this but just slightly different. but it is one of my favorites!
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I bet yours tastes good as well! Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you so much, Chaya! I think it would taste good with the crab meat.
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Erin would love this! Me, I'm very picky lol!
This looks so good. Two of my favorite things are heat and pasta, and shrimp doesn't hurt either!
How about a big fat YUM for this recipe. I can't wait to try it.
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Looks delicious!! Thank you so much for linking up to Tasty Thursdays last week. Hope to see you again this week!! The party is live at http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursdays-3.html
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That sauce sounds amazing, I love spicy!! Not a huge seafood fan but I bet it would work on chicken too! Thanks so much for linking this up at Mom's Test Meal Mondays!!