Shrimp scampi pasta

Original Post:

http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/03/creamy-shrimp-scampi-pasta.html

Ingredients

1lb shrimp deveined

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

Drizzle of oil

1 shallot finely chopped

5 garlic cloves sliced

2 garlic cloves shredded

4 tablespoon butter

1 cup white wine

1 ½ cup cream

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

½ lime (juice)

1 bunch chopped fresh parsley

1 box pasta cooked

(2 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix optional)

Instructions

• Wash, dry and season shrimp with salt black pepper and oil (or 1 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix and oil)
• Melt two tablespoon of butter with two table spoon of oil in a saucepan
• Add the shallots and garlic slices sauté for a few minutes until fragrant
• Add the shrimp and cook for a total of 1 minute per side, stir everything up and remove from heat and set aside
• In the same pan melt the remaining butter and oil, once melted add the wine, salt, black pepper, lime juice and sugar, bring to a boil. (or 1 sachet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix to replace the salt)
• Once it is boiling add the cream and allow the sauce to thicken
• Once the sauce is thick stir in the chopped parsley and shredded garlic
• Finally add the sauté shrimp mixture back to the cream sauce then add in the cooked pasta stir and serve.

Greedy Tips:

• You can have the tails on or off the shrimp. I normally remove the tails when I mix pasta with shrimp but its optional.
• The less pasta you add the creamier your dish will be, the more pasta you add the more it soaks up the sauce. So judge it accordingly.
• Link to the original shrimp scampi recipe
• As usual you can use two sachets of hidden valley ranch seasoning to replace the salt for a more "authentic" scampi taste (see instructions)