Butter Up Your Shrimp
A delicious pasta topped with succulent shrimp cooked in butter garlic sauce
Ingredients
500
grams
of linguini pasta
4
tbsp
of butter
4
tbsp
of extra virgin olive oil
2
Shallots
finely diced
2
cloves
of garlic
minced
1
pinch
of red pepper flakes
500
grams
of shrimp
peeled and deveined
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
1/2
cup
of dry white wine
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4
cup
of finely chopped parsley leaves
Instructions
Cooking the pasta
In a large pot, boil water and when it comes to boil add in a pinch of salt and linguini
Stir it a bit and cover, while cooking for 6-8 minutes
Drain the pasta and top it with some olive oil. Set aside
For the sauce
In a large frying pan, heat up 2 tbsp of butter and 2 tbsp of olive oil on medium-heat
Add the shallots, garlic, red pepper flakes and cook until the shallots becomes translucent
Sprinkle some salt and pepper on top of the shrimp and add the seasoned shrimp to the pan
Cook the shrimp until they turn pink in colour, for 2-3 minutes
When cooked, remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside
Add wine juice and lemon juice to the same pan and bring to a boil
Add 2 tbsp of butter and 2 tbsp of olive oil and when the butter is melted, add the shrimp, cooked pasta, parsley and stir well
Drizzle over a bit of olive oil and serve