Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, luke's creamy pesto shrimp pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Butter, cream, Parmesan cheese and pesto converge into a luxurious sauce to be served with cooked shrimp or crab meat and hot linguine. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. This creamy pesto pasta sauce takes the summery flavors of basil into a thicker, creamier sauce!
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook luke's creamy pesto shrimp pasta using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Luke's Creamy Pesto Shrimp Pasta:
- Get pasta
- Get 1/2 lb dried bowtie pasta
- Get 1 lb Shrimp: uncooked, pealed and deveined
- Prepare 1 tsp lemon juice
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 dash salt
- Prepare 1 dash pepper
- Make ready 1 dash garlic powder
- Make ready 1 tsp pesto paste
- Make ready 2 cup asparagus: cut into 1 inch pieces
- Prepare 1 cup fresh grape tomatoes: cut into quarters
- Prepare 1 cup sundried tomatoes: thinly sliced
- Take sauce
- Get 2 tbsp butter
- Get 2 tbsp flour
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 dash pepper
- Get 1 1/2 cup milk
- Prepare 4 oz pesto paste
This is a fantastic dish to impress friends with. They never suspect how easy it is to make. The pesto cream sauce makes it even more delectable than a typical Alfredo sauce.???Jessica Kempton, Logan, Utah. Lightened up shrimp cooked in a creamy garlic infused pesto cream sauce.
Steps to make Luke's Creamy Pesto Shrimp Pasta:
- In large pot bring 4 quarts water to boil.
- Stir in pasta boil for 11 minutes stirring occasionally.
- While pasta is cooking begin making sauce. In small sauce pan melt butter over low heat
- Add flour, salt, and pepper and stir with wooden spoon until smooth.
- Stir in milk and raise heat to medium. Continue stirring until bubbles appear over entire surface. Then stir for additional 1 minute.
- Remove from heat, stir in 4 oz pesto paste, cover and set aside.
- By this time the pasta should be done. Drain and place in 2 qt casserole dish. Cover to retain heat.
- In large pan heat 1 tbl spoon olive oil. Add asparagus and grape tomatoes. Cover and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes just until asparagus becomes tender stirring occasionally.
- While vegetables are cooking place shrimp, lemon juice, tablespoon olive oil, teaspoon pesto, salt, pepper and garlic powder in small bowl and mix.
- Once asparagus are near tender add shrimp mix and cook 1-2 minutes over medium heat until shrimp turn pink. Do not over cook.
- Mix shrimp, vegetables, sauce and sun dried tomatoes with pasta in casserole dish and serve.
Shrimp and pesto are a combo made in heaven. Add mushrooms, tomatoes and your favorite veggies to take it to the next level. This is creamy pesto shrimp, an unbelievably versatile meal you can serve with pasta, rice, vegetables, and more. I'm always looking for ways to make seafood at home (much to the dismay of The Steak-Loving An old friend of mine) and this, my friends, was the very first shrimp recipe I was brave enough to try. It was a few years ago, back when I had only attempted "real".
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