Fettuccine Alfredo With Garlic Shrimp and Scallops
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 8 ounces bay scallops
- 8 ounces large shrimp (fresh or frozen, peeled, deveined, and thawed)
- salt
- pepper
- 12 ounces fettuccine or 12 ounces spaghetti
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, plus more for sprinkling (grated)
- 1⁄2 cup half-and-half
- 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, for garnish (fresh)
directions
- Warm oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- Add garlic and cook 30 seconds, stirring.
- Pat scallops dry with paper towel.
- Add shrimp, scallops, salt, and pepper to skillet and cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Remove from heat.
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Reserve 1/4 cup cooking water and drain pasta.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat.
- Add cooked pasta and toss with butter to coat.
- Stir in cheese, reserved cooking water, half-and-half, salt, and pepper.
- Using tongs, transfer pasta to 4 serving plates.
- Pile shrimp and scallops atop pasta and garnish with parsley.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
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