Easy Shrimp Florentine And Penne Pasta Food

PENNE WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic, and cook until onion is tender. Mix in wine and tomatoes, and continue cooking 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix shrimp into the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, or until opaque. Toss with pasta and top with Parmesan cheese to serve.

CREAMY SHRIMP FLORENTINE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta al dente according to package directions, in a large stock pot of generously-salted water. Drain, and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a separate large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper on both sides. Then add the shrimp to the pan and sauté for 3-5 minutes, turning once, until the shrimp are pink and cooked through. (Cooking time will vary on the size of your shrimp.) Transfer shrimp with a slotted spoon to a clean plate, and set aside.
• Use the same sauté pan to prepare your Creamy Parmesan Sauce.
• Once the pasta and creamy sauce are finished cooking and ready to go, combine them in the large stock pot. Add in the spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and basil, and toss together until everything is evenly coated with the sauce.
• Serve immediately, garnished with extra Parmesan cheese.
• Heat olive oil (or melt butter) in the large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté one minute, stirring occasionally, until fragrant. Sprinkle evenly with the flour, and stir to combine. Sauté for an additional minute so that the flour can cook, stirring occasionally.
• Then slowly add chicken broth, whisking to combine until smooth. Whisk in milk, and bring to a simmer for 1 minute, or until the sauce has thickened a bit. Add in the Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, and stir until the cheese has melted. If you'd like a creamier sauce (which is delicious), stir in the half and half as well.
• Remove from heat and use/serve immediately.

PENNE WITH SHRIMP AND HERBED CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the pasta and set aside.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Cook, stirring frequently until the shrimp turn pink and is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the shrimp and set aside.
• Add the tomatoes, 1/4 cup basil, 1/4 cup parsley, and the red pepper flakes. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the wine, clam juice, and heavy cream. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes until the sauce thickens. Add 1/4 cup of the Parmesan, the cooked shrimp, the cooked pasta, and the remaining herbs. Toss together until all ingredients are coated. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the pasta to a large serving bowl. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and serve immediately.

SHRIMP FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Thaw and drain spinach.
• Spread spinach in a pie pan and top with shrimp.
• In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in flour.
• Then gradually add milk, wine, scallions.
• Cook on low, stirring
• Add salt, pepper and enough paprika for a rosy color.
• Pour sauce over shrimp and sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

FAST AND EASY SHRIMP PASTA

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti according to package directions, drain and set aside -OR- **If you're good at multi-tasking, you can cook the spaghetti noodles and the shrimp at the same time and they should both be done at the same time.
• Sprinkle blackening seasoning evenly over shrimp and set aside.
• Coat a large, non-stick skillet with cooking spray and add oil. Place over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add shrimp to skillet; cook 2 minutes on each side or until shrimp turn pink.
• Stir in lemon juice, tomatoes and pepper. Turn heat down to simmer and cook until thoroughly heated.
• Spoon shrimp mixture over drained pasta and serve immediately.

SHRIMP FLORENTINE WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Heat oil.
• Saute half of the shrimp to use as garnish, reserve shrimp.
• Add cut up tomato with juice,spinach and cook,until spinach wilts (2 min.).
• Chop remaining shrimp and add to the spinach mixture.
• Cook 3 min.
• Stir in seasonings.
• Toss with pasta and add shrimp garnish and serve.

CAJUN SHRIMP PENNE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook penne paste until al dente. Drain and let cool.
• In a saute pan heat olive oil and add bacon. Cook until bacon is crisp. Remove bacon and set aside, but leave grease in saute pan.
• Add onions and garlic to bacon grease and cook until golden.
• Remove onions and garlic, set aside with bacon.
• Add shrimp and cook until done.
• Turn heat to low, return bacon, onion, and garlic to pan.
• Add paprika, red chili pepper flakes, and penne pasta.
• Add cream and parmesan cheese.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

SHRIMP AND PENNE SUPPER

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook onion and garlic in 1 teaspoon oil over medium heat for 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper flakes. , Combine the flour, half-and-half and milk until smooth; gradually stir into skillet. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add spinach; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted and sauce is thickened. Stir in 1/4 cup cheese. Drain pasta and place in a serving bowl. Add sauce and toss to coat; keep warm. , In the same skillet, cook the shrimp in remaining oil over medium heat for 3-4 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Place over pasta mixture; sprinkle with remaining cheese.

EASY SHRIMP FLORENTINE AND PENNE PASTA

Steps:

• Boil the pasta in salted water until done.
• While the pasta is cooking, saute the shrimp in a pan with the olive oil and garlic. Cook for 3-5 minutes, just until the shrimp turns white and pink through. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Cook creamed spinach in microwave according to package directions or until hot throughout.
• Before draining pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
• Drain pasta in colander and put the hot pasta in a large pasta serving dish. Pour the 1/2 cup water and spinach over the pasta and top with cooked shrimp.
• Toss so that sauce coats the pasta and serve.