Shrimp pasta

Pasta with shrimp is a popular version of Italian cuisine made from pasta, that is, curly pasta such as ferfalle, fettuccine, spaghetti with shrimp and sauce. There are quite a few variations of the dish, and they differ in both additional ingredients (adding cheese, milk, eggs and vegetables) and different types of sauces: red, cream, tomato, green and others.

Delicious shrimp pasta in creamy sauce

The tandem of shrimp and pasta, like a classic of Italian cuisine, firmly occupies a place on our table. The dish is complemented with creamy sauce, because it is not for nothing that they say that a tasty sauce is half the success of a dish. We prepare the sauce based on cream with the addition of cheese.

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   How to cook delicious shrimp pasta in creamy sauce? Immediately prepare all ingredients for this dish according to the recipe.
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   Fill frozen shrimp in a separate bowl with warm water for 5 minutes and then drain the water through a colander.
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   Peel and chop two garlic cloves. Heat a little butter in a frying pan, fry the garlic in it for 30 seconds and remove it.
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   Transfer the shrimp to this hot and flavored oil, add cream to it and add salt, black pepper and dry herbs to your taste. Mix these ingredients.
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   Simmer them in cream for 3 minutes, if your shrimp are pink (boiled-frozen), and if gray (raw), then for 6 minutes from the start of the boil and over low heat.
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   Simmer them in cream for 3 minutes, if your shrimp are pink (boiled-frozen), and if gray (raw), then for 6 minutes from the start of the boil and over low heat.
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   Cook the pasta as directed on the package. Then pour a glass of cold water into it and after 2 minutes, drain the pasta in a colander. This method will make the pasta soft and not mushy. Place the cooked pasta on serving plates, pour over the creamy shrimp sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs, and serve. Bon appetit!

Shrimp pasta in creamy garlic sauce

A delicate aroma and subtle taste characteristics distinguish pasta with shrimp in a delicate creamy garlic sauce, which has made the dish popular not only in Italy. For it, pasta is taken from durum wheat and brought to an al dente consistency, shrimp are large, fresh frozen, and a creamy sauce is prepared based on cream or milk and butter.

Cooking time: 25 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Pasta of any shape – 250 gr.
• Shrimp – 350 gr.
• Milk – 200 ml.
• Butter – 20 gr.
• Olive oil – 30 ml.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare the required products in the quantities specified in the recipe.

Step 2. Thaw the shrimp in advance under natural conditions. Then carefully clean them and rinse them with cold water.

Step 3. Melt some butter in a frying pan and fry the flour in it until light golden brown.

Step 4. Then pour a glass of milk into the frying pan with the flour, stir it well until smooth and without lumps, and after boiling, turn off the heat.

Step 5. Peel the garlic cloves and crush them with the back of a knife.

Step 6. In another frying pan, heat the olive oil, fry the garlic for two minutes and remove from the frying pan.

Step 7. Place the peeled shrimp in this hot oil and fry them for three minutes over high heat.

Step 8. Salt the fried shrimp to your taste and sprinkle with any spices, but preferably with a special seasoning for shrimp.

Step 9. Then pour the prepared cream sauce over the shrimp, stir and simmer over low heat for another two minutes.

Step 10. Boil the pasta chosen for this dish until done, drain it in a colander and toss with a little olive oil to prevent sticking.

Step 11. Place the boiled pasta on plates, pour creamy sauce with shrimp over it and serve the dish. Bon appetit!

Pasta with shrimp and cheese in creamy sauce

Pasta with shrimp and cheese in creamy sauce is a delicious and nutritious dish.It belongs to the category of simple recipes, which saves the housewife’s time and is prepared from inexpensive and affordable products. The sauce can be filled with any cheese - from processed cheese to noble cheese with mold or simply grated Parmesan.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 400 gr.
• Boiled shrimp – 500 gr.
• Cream 15% – 200 gr.
• Hard cheese – 100 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Olive oil – 30 ml.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Dried oregano - to taste.
• Mixture of peppers - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1: Heat a frying pan. Melt butter with one spoon of olive oil. Place peeled and coarsely chopped garlic into the oil. Immediately add dried oregano and pepper mixture, stir vigorously and fry until the spices are fragrant.Step 2. Then place the peeled shrimp in a single layer into the frying pan. At the same time, put water in a saucepan to cook the pasta. Stir fry the shrimp for 5 minutes until browned on all sides.

Step 3. Pour 200 g of cream into the fried shrimp. Place the pasta into boiling water, adding salt. Cook pasta for 3-4 minutes.

Step 4. Grind the hard cheese on a medium grater. Place half of it in the frying pan with the shrimp. Stir until completely dissolved. If the sauce is not thick enough (the consistency of sour cream), then dissolve the rest of the cheese in it.

Step 5. Under the thickened creamy cheese sauce with shrimp, turn off the heat and leave it covered. Place the cooked pasta in a colander and rinse with cold water to prevent the pasta from sticking.Step 6.Place the boiled pasta on portioned plates, pour the creamy cheese sauce with shrimp over it, add a little more spices if necessary, and serve the dish. Bon appetit!

A simple and delicious shrimp and tomato pasta recipe

Pasta with shrimp is traditionally prepared in a creamy sauce, but there is an equally tasty and delicious option - pasta with shrimp and tomatoes. It is easy to prepare and contains less fat and calories. We prepare the sauce with white wine, which will highlight the taste of the shrimp and, in combination with tomatoes, will give the paste a piquant and slight spiciness.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti – 200 gr.
• Peeled shrimp – 250 gr.
• White wine – 1 tbsp.
• Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Capers – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 30 gr.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Chili flakes – 1 chip.
• Fresh basil – 1 bunch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Olive oil – for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe for this dish. Clean and rinse pre-thawed shrimp.

Step 2. Peel the garlic and onion and finely chop. Peel the tomatoes and chop them in any way.

Step 3. Melt a piece of butter in a frying pan, add a little olive oil to it and fry the chopped onion until golden brown.

Step 4. At the same time, cook the spaghetti in salted water.

Step 5. Add chopped garlic to the fried onion and fry it for 1 minute.

Step 6. Then pour a glass of white wine into the frying pan and evaporate the alcohol over medium heat for one minute.

Step 7. Then add the chopped tomatoes, chopped fresh basil leaves and a pinch of chili pepper into the pan.

Step 8. Then add two tablespoons of capers and salt to the sauce to your taste. Mix the sauce well.

Step 9. Place peeled shrimp into the prepared sauce.

Step 10. Add three tablespoons of the water in which you cooked the pasta to the pan and stir again.

Step 11. Simmer the shrimp in the sauce for 2 minutes until some of it evaporates.

Step 12. Drain the cooked spaghetti in a colander and transfer it to the frying pan with the shrimp in the sauce.

Step 13. Then pour a spoonful of olive oil onto them, which will highlight the taste of the dish, and mix again.

Step 14. Divide the prepared pasta with shrimp into serving plates, decorate with basil and serve. Bon appetit!

How to cook shrimp pasta in tomato sauce?

Pasta is delicious on its own, but if you cook it with shrimp, and even in tomato sauce, it’s doubly delicious. The dish is prepared quickly and easily, and, despite the simple preparation, it will delight you with rich taste and satiety. For the dish we use either tomato sauce or pureed tomatoes.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti – 250 gr.
• Peeled shrimp – 250 gr.
• Tomatoes, pureed – 150 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Dry basil – ½ tsp.
• Oregano – 1/2 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Water – 1.5 l.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Greenery - for decoration.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First, prepare the ingredients specified in the recipe for this dish. Peel thawed shrimp, onion and garlic. Boil one and a half liters of clean water in a saucepan and add salt to it. Place spaghetti in boiling water to boil.Step 2. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.

Step 3.Place the prepared shrimp in hot oil and fry them on both sides for a few minutes. Then transfer the shrimp from the frying pan to a separate plate.

Step 4. Finely chop the onion and garlic and fry them until transparent in the same frying pan and stirring constantly so that they do not burn and spoil the taste of the dish.

Step 5. Then add 150 grams to the fried onions. grated tomatoes or tomato paste, add the amount of seasonings indicated in the recipe, stir and bring to a boil.Step 6. Place the fried shrimp into the boiling sauce and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat and covered with a lid.

Step 7. Drain the cooked spaghetti in a colander and put it back into the pan. Add shrimp stewed in tomato sauce to them and mix everything with a spoon. Shrimp pasta is ready. Place it on serving plates, garnish with herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

Homemade pasta with shrimp and mushrooms

Any mushrooms, dry, frozen or fresh, make the taste of the paste richer and brighter. The dish cooks quickly and will be a great dinner for you. In this recipe we prepare fettuccine pasta with shrimp, fresh mushrooms and creamy sauce. Traditional pasta is made with your own hands, but you can also use ready-made pasta.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Fettuccine pasta – 125 gr.
• Champignons – 300 gr.
• King shrimps – 530 gr.
• Cream 20% – 250 ml.
• Garlic – 9 teeth.
• Parmesan cheese – 60 gr.
• Mozzarella cheese – 60 gr.
• Basil – 1 chip.
• Paprika – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1.For pre-frozen shrimp, remove the shell with the head and inner intestine, after which you will have no more than 160 grams left. peeled shrimp.

Step 2. Rinse the champignons under running water and chop into thin slices.Step 3. Finely chop the peeled garlic cloves with a knife. Cut the mozzarella into small cubes. Immediately place the water in the pan to cook the pasta.

Step 4. Heat a little vegetable oil in one frying pan and fry the chopped garlic in it for 30 seconds. Then add the peeled shrimp, sprinkle them with salt, basil and paprika and stir.

Step 5. In another frying pan, fry the chopped champignons until lightly browned. Transfer the fried mushrooms to the shrimp.

Step 6. Pour 250 ml of cream into a frying pan, add pieces of mozzarella and grated Parmesan. Simmer the shrimp with mushrooms in cream over low heat and cover with a lid for 8 minutes.Step 7: Cook pasta in boiling water according to package directions.

Step 8. Drain the water from the pasta through a colander and immediately place it on serving plates. Place shrimp and mushrooms on top of the pasta and pour 2-3 tablespoons of cream sauce over the dish. Bon appetit!

Delicious pasta carbonara with shrimp

Pasta Carbonara in the classic Italian version is spaghetti with bacon in an egg-cheese sauce with black pepper. This recipe calls for you to add shrimp to the carbonara and cook it in a creamy sauce. The dish will turn out tasty, satisfying and very beautiful.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti – 250 gr.
• Shrimp – 500 gr.
• Bacon (ham) – 200 gr.
• Cream – 250 ml.
• Parmesan cheese – 150 gr.
• Italian spices - 1 chip.
• Salt – 1 chip.
• Ground black pepper – 1 chip.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pour 250 ml of medium-fat cream into a wide, large saucepan and place on low heat. Grind a piece of Parmesan on a medium grater, add it to the cream and stir. Then add ham (bacon) cut into small slices into this sauce and cook the sauce for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 2. In another saucepan, boil clean water with a little salt. Place the shrimp in boiling water, without defrosting, and cook for 5 minutes. Then cool the cooked shrimp a little and clean it, removing the shell with the head and intestinal vein.Step 3. Place the peeled shrimp in the creamy sauce, stir and cook for another 3 minutes.

Step 4. Boil spaghetti in a separate pan until half cooked. Drain the water through a colander and transfer the pasta to the shrimp in the sauce. Cook the pasta over low heat for another 8 minutes.

Step 5. Then salt the dish, sprinkle with black pepper and Italian spices. Simmer the seasoned paste for another 5 minutes.

Step 6. Sprinkle the prepared dish with grated cheese and can be served hot. Bon appetit!

Tender pasta with shrimp and squid

Shrimp and squid have a sweetish, delicate taste, the same cooking time and, in combination with any type of pasta, and with creamy garlic sauce, will make your dish light and delicious. To reduce calories, the cream in the sauce can be replaced with natural yogurt or sour cream with water. This pasta is prepared quickly.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti – 450 gr.
• Shrimp – 100 gr.
• Boiled squid – 200 gr.
• Cream – 100 ml.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Thaw boiled-frozen peeled shrimp by scalding them with boiling water.

Step 2. Clean the squid and boil for 3-5 minutes or use already boiled ones. Cut their carcasses into thin rings.

Step 3. Peel the garlic cloves and chop finely.

Step 4. Boil the spaghetti in salted water until tender. Place defrosted shrimp, boiled squid rings, chopped garlic and cooked spaghetti into a deep frying pan. Pour these ingredients with the required amount of cream, add salt to your taste, mix and simmer everything over low heat and covered with a lid for 5 minutes.

Step 5. Place the prepared pasta with seafood and creamy garlic sauce into portioned plates and serve. Bon appetit!

Homemade shrimp and spinach pasta

Pasta with shrimp and spinach will be an excellent treat for lovers of seafood and Italian cuisine. In this recipe, we do not boil the pasta separately, but cook it in a creamy sauce, which gives it a richer taste. Spinach can be used either fresh or frozen.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Tagliatelle – 200 gr.
• Spinach – 50 gr.
• Shrimp – 200 gr.
• Chicken broth – 200 ml.
• Cream – 200 ml.
• Parmesan cheese – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Oregano - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First, prepare all the ingredients for this dish according to the recipe.

Step 2. Pour boiling water over frozen shrimp for 3 minutes.

Step 3. After defrosting, drain all the water from them using a colander.Clean the shrimp by removing the head, shell and intestinal vein.

Step 4. Finely chop the peeled garlic cloves with a knife.

Step 5. Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan and fry the chopped garlic in it for one minute.

Step 6. Then remove the garlic and add the peeled shrimp to this flavored oil. Salt and pepper them to your taste and fry for 1.5 minutes.

Step 7. Transfer the fried shrimp to a plate.

Step 8. Pour 200 ml of chicken broth into the frying pan and boil it for a couple of minutes to deglaze, that is, dissolve the remains of fried foods.

Step 9. Pour this broth into a separate pan, pour cream into it, add salt, stir and bring to a boil.

Step 10. Place the pasta into the boiling sauce and cook for 2/3 of the time indicated on the package.

Step 11: Sprinkle dried oregano over pasta sauce.

Step 12: Next, add the washed fresh spinach leaves to the pan.

Step 13. Using a medium grater, grate a piece of Parmesan cheese.

Step 14: Place most of the grated cheese into the pan with the pasta and stir until the cheese dissolves.

Step 15. Then add the fried shrimp to the pasta and cook the pasta until fully cooked.

Step 16. Sprinkle the finished dish with the remaining grated cheese. Place on serving plates and serve. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making pasta with shrimp and mussels

The sophistication and originality of the taste of pasta with shrimp and mussels will allow you to serve the dish with dignity both for a festive table and for a romantic dinner. It is not cheap, but for the family budget you can take frozen seafood or a “sea cocktail”. We take any type of pasta and cook it in a creamy sauce.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time 10 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Tagliatelle – 400 gr.
• Mussels – 300 gr.
• Shrimp – 300 gr.
• Cream 20% – 480 ml.
• Garlic – 5 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Paprika - to taste.
• Butter – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, let's prepare the seafood. We defrost them in advance. Then we remove the shrimp's shell with its head and intestinal vein. Rinse the mussels with running water.

Step 2. Boil the tagliatelle as directed on the package, and it is important not to overcook them. Drain the water from the cooked pasta through a colander.

Step 3. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the peeled shrimp until lightly browned. Then put the washed mussels in the frying pan and simmer them over low heat for no more than 2 minutes. Transfer the fried seafood to a separate plate.

Step 4. In the remaining hot oil, fry the garlic cloves, crushed in any way. When the garlic is slightly browned, pour the required amount of cream into the frying pan, add salt and spices to your taste and simmer the sauce over low heat and without boiling until thick.

Step 5. Then add fried shrimp with mussels and boiled pasta to the thickened creamy sauce. Gently mix these ingredients and simmer over low heat for another 2 minutes.

Step 6. Next, put the pasta into portioned plates and serve. The finished dish can be decorated with herbs and sprinkled with grated cheese if desired. Bon appetit!