Creamy Pesto Shrimp Or Crab
From canzi 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Heavy cream + butter + Parmesan + pesto + shrimp = luxuriously yummy sauce! Try it with crab. Try it on different types of pasta. Eat it with a spoon straight out of the skillet!
Ingredients
- 1 lb linguine pasta (in picture I used spaghetti Rigati) shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 1/2 tsp black pepper shopping list
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 7-8 oz pesto shopping list
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined (or crab, or both) shopping list
How to make it
- Cook pasta al dente.
- In large skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
- Stir in cream.
- Season with pepper.
- Cook 6-8 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Stir in Parmesan into cream sauce, stirring until mixed.
- Blend in pesto.
- Cook 3-5 minutes, until thickened.
- Stir in shrimp, and cook until they turn pink. About 5 mins.
- Serve over hot linguine.
- Optional: add lemon juice or serve with lemon wedges.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Going to be trying this soon.
auntievi
in Oshawa loved it
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Heavy cream on anything turns into my favorite comfort food so when I made the creamy pesto shrimp- I loved it immediately. Especially with a side of the bacon bok choy recipe. Simply delicious. Thank you.
ladocastro
in Plano loved it
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I am loving this. I cant wait to make this dish.
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in Garland loved it
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