Shrimp and Pesto Cream Sauce
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp (cleaned)
- 1⁄2 lemon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves (chopped)
- 4 ounces pesto sauce
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream (or half and half)
- 1⁄8 cup pine nuts (optional)
- 1 lb spaghetti
directions
- Start your water for Pasta.
- Squeeze lemon onto Shrimp and let sit 2-3 minutes.
- Heat Oil in medium sized frying pan and toss garlic lightly.
- Add a spoon of pesto. Stir.
- Add shrimp all at once.
- Mix into garlic and cook 3 minutes on medium heat covered. It will get watery.
- Toss in pine nuts. (optional).
- Add remaining pesto and heavy cream.
- Mix well.
- Cover and simmer 5 more minutes.
- Sauce will thicken slightly.
- Cook pasta. Drain well and return to pot or large bowl. Drizzle sauce on top and toss lightly.
- Serve.
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I am an artist. I also cook well and at times get creative in the kitchen. Sometimes I tell my spouce we're having mystery meat for dinner until he takes a bite. I like creating dips with fresh herbs too. Some slow day I will post a few. I use to make homemade cheese ravioli and pasta for holiday cooking along with my hightop apple pie. My grandmother passed down a cookie recipe I call the 2000yr old cookie. It is very different and addictive to eat. Old old recipe I had to revise alittle. We use to bite into rock cookies before I fixed the ingredients. Grandma meant well. lol
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