Angel Hair with Shrimp, Basil, and Toasted Pine Nuts
- Reviews 11
Ready In: 30 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1 lb angel hair pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄2 lbs shrimp, peeled,tails left on,deveined,and rinsed (35 to 40 per lb.)
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 3⁄4 teaspoon hot chili flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- salt
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves, slivered
- 1⁄2 cup toasted pine nuts
Directions
- In a 6- to 8-quart pan over high heat, bring about 4 quarts water to a boil; add angel hair and cook, stirring occasionally, just until tender to bite, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Drain pasta, reserving about 1/3 cup cooking liquid; return pasta to pan.
- Meanwhile, large frying pan over medium-high heat, melt butter with olive oil.
- Add shrimp, garlic, chili flakes, pepper, salt; stir for 2 minutes.
- Add wine; stir often until shrimp are opaque.
- Cook 2 more minutes.
- Stir in basil.
- Pour shrimp mixture into pan with cooked pasta; mix gently.
- If mixture is too dry, add reserved pasta-cooking liquid.
- Divide evenly among four wide, shallow bowls.
- Add salt to taste.
- Top with pine nuts.
- And Grated cheese.
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