Spaghetti or pasta with shrimps in a creamy sauce is an original Italian dish. But, despite this, the traditional Italian dish has already quite firmly occupied a certain niche in the menu of our cuisine and not only. Read 4 recipes and tips.
Spaghetti with shrimps in a creamy sauce
Shrimp pasta in a creamy sauce is a staple in Mediterranean cuisine. It is prepared quickly from available ingredients, it turns out delicious and tender.
Ingredients:
- Peeled shrimps - 400 g
- 20% cream - 250 ml
- Lime - 1/3
- Dry white wine - 40 ml
- Spaghetti - 400 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Butter - 40 g
- Parsley - 5-6 branches
Preparation:
- Boil the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package.
- Put butter in a frying pan, squeeze out lime juice, add garlic and keep it until it smells.
- Remove the garlic from the pan, add the wine and cream and stir. Add shrimp and simmer for about 10 minutes. Then remove the shrimp, and continue to boil the sauce for another 10 minutes to thicken.
- Put the spaghetti on a plate, put the shrimps on top, add the creamy sauce and grind with finely chopped parsley.
Spaghetti with shrimps in a creamy garlic sauce
Spaghetti is the most common, simple and quick side dish for meat and fish products. To cook them, this is a simple matter, it is enough to perform a few simple culinary actions. But the pasta will become much tastier and more interesting together with a delicate creamy garlic sauce prepared based on Italian cuisine.
Ingredients:
- Spaghetti - 400 g
- Shrimp (shell) - 1 kg
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Heavy cream - 300 ml
- Creamy processed cheese - 3 tablespoons
- Dry white wine - 100 ml
- Parmesan cheese - 50 g
- Vegetable oil - 1, 5 tablespoons
- Butter - 1, 5 tablespoons
- Salt with pepper - to taste
Cooking spaghetti with shrimps in a creamy garlic sauce:
- Peel the shrimp from the head and shell. Leave a couple of them with ponytails for decoration.
- Make a garlic-cream sauce. Heat butter and oil in a skillet, and add chopped garlic. Sauté the garlic for 5 minutes and discard.
- Place the tailed shrimps left for garnishing in a skillet, fry for 1 minute and place in a separate bowl.
- Throw all the shrimps into the same pan, season with salt, fry over medium heat for 7-10 minutes and pour in the wine. Let it evaporate.
- After 5 minutes, pour in the cream, add the melted cheese and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat so that the cheese melts and the sauce thickens and becomes uniform.
- Boil the spaghetti in salted water, not boiling until cooked for 1–2 minutes, and put it on a sieve. Then add to the pan to the shrimp and keep them on the fire for 2 minutes.
- Place the pasta on a plate, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and serve hot. Garnish with ponytail shrimp.
Spaghetti with shrimps in creamy tomato sauce
This dish can be classified as fast and easy to prepare. It can be served both for everyday lunch and dinner, and for a meal with friends. It turns out to be delicious, and thanks to the combination of products, spectacular.
Ingredients:
- Raw peeled shrimps - 400 g
- Spaghetti - 300 g
- Olive oil - 1, 5 tablespoons
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Tomatoes - 1 pc.
- Dried basil - 1.5 tsp
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Dry white wine - 100 ml
- Butter - 4 tablespoons
- Cream 20% - 150 ml
- Parmesan cheese - to taste
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Step by step cooking:
- Put the chopped tomato, onion, garlic, basil into the pan, setting the medium temperature.
- Pour in the wine and cook so that almost all the liquid evaporates. Then add the cream.
- Sprinkle the peeled prawns with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Fry them in another skillet until tender over medium-high heat for 3 minutes and transfer to skillet with sauce. Simmer shrimps for 2-3 minutes over low heat after boiling.
- Boil the spaghetti, add them to the shrimp, stir and simmer for 1 minute.
- Place the shrimp pasta on a plate and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Video recipe for making pasta with shrimps in garlic-creamy sauce:
