Seared Penne and Cheeses
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb penne pasta
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, and
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, seperated
- 2 tablespoons clarified butter (if in a hurry regular will do )
- pepper (no salt is needed if using feta cheese as well in this dish )
- 8 shallots (minced)
- 8 minced garlic cloves
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese, and additional (to garnish)
- 3 tablespoons chopped parsley (fresh)
- 1 lb spinach
- 2 lemons (cut into wedges 6-8 per lemon)
- 1⁄4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1⁄4 cup cayenne pepper (red pepper flakes)
- 3 -6 shrimp, peeled & deveined per person (cooked )
- 1⁄2 cup asiago cheese (sprinkled or tossed with pasta )
directions
- for pasta.
- boil till al dente. drain in colander. add up to 3 tbsp olive oil to pasta to keep from sticking. set aside in an ice bath ( pasta in a bowl and bowl with ice water underneath ) in a large saute pan over medium heat add butter drop in penne, pepper and salt if not using feta cheese. shake around till you can see a a golden brown color on at least one side. add shallots.( till seared ).
- for spinach or other desired leafy green vegetables.
- add garlic and saute 2 minutes. add feta and spinach. ( the dish is delicious with just salt and pepper if you are not keen to feta. you can also use any readily available lefy green vegetable ).
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last steps::
- now add pasta and spinach mixture together in a large and mix ( you may add asiago cheese now, add it by spinkling and combining till the right texture ).
- squeese one wedge of lemon atop each plate,also top with feta,pine nuts, red peper flakes, more asiago cheese and 3-6 shrimp.
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Reviews
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This recipe would have received a higher rating if the instructions were a little clearer. I will rewrite this review on hearing from the submitting chegf I was not sure if the intention was a hot dish or as a type of salad. I made it hot and it was delicious. I didn't know what to do with the prawns so I decorated with them. 1/4 cup of cayenne (pepper flakes) seemed a lot so I cut back. This recipe has excellent potential just needs a few points cleared up. It was a pleasure trying it 11March08The steps have been clarified and I rated the recipe one star higher to a 4 star. Very tasty recipe looks attractive and easy to make Thanks cuteandbubly I hope you get a lot of reviews I know they will be favorable
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i am currently living in japan until JAN 2009.
what a culture shock from the usual las vegas. well i just joined and im sad i didnt know about this sooner. i love love love to cook and that makes me really happy.
i also have 0 ability to make cookies from scratch =(
THE WAY I RATE
5***** such an easy delicious meal changed very little or not at all
4**** i changed a bunch of things but it was a good start
3*** i thought it was alright but it was changed so much i created my own recipe
2** i felt that the dish had good ingredients but it was not good at all or there were too many errors
1* this is just terrible
i hardly ever give below a 3. ( :) )