When you just want something super satisfying and quick, this pasta dish wins. Plus, by the time the pasta is done cooking – so is the sauce. Don’t you just love meals that cook up like this? I know, I do!
Here ya go:
3/4 pounds of cooked linguini
1 1/2 cups of heavy cream
1/2 cup of good chicken stock
The juice and zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons of prepared pesto
2 tablespoons of butter
1 pound of shrimp, cleaned & deveined
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste
a good handful of grated Parmesan cheese
Chopped cilantro, to garnish
1.. To make the sauce, melt the butter on medium heat and then cook shrimp until they’re just about done. Remove the shrimp and set aside.
2. In the same pan, add in the pesto and cook for about 30 seconds. Then whisk in the heavy cream and chicken stock. Bring it to a boil and then reduce the heat. Add in the lemon juice and lemon zest along with the garlic powder. Taste it – and if it needs a sprinkle of salt and pepper, here’s your chance. Cook the sauce for about 6 or 7 minutes, until it begins to thicken.
3. To assemble, toss in the pasta and Parmesan cheese. Mix well to incorporate. Then add back the shrimp and give it a good sprinkle of salt and pepper
I want to attempt to make this dish. What is pesto?
Pesto sauce is in the same section as spaghetti sauce its green. Usually comes in a smaller bottle than spaghetti sauce.
Go to your grocery store should be located near the Italian foods are its in a little jar it’s green and kind of oily
Sauce
@Thomas Thompson, pesto is a sauce made crushed basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. It’s green and usually in a small glass jar. You can find it it in the grocery store near the Italian sauces. Good luck!
What is heavy cream?
Heavy cream is in the milk section of your grocery store.
Go to the dairy section look near the creamers they come in 2 different sizes it’s a really thick milk
Just google it but you can find it in the same freezer as the milk
@Jena, buy heavy whipping cream from the grocery store.
@Jena…in the refrigerator section with the milk, buttermilk, half and half
@Jena it’s thick cream
Heavy cream i beileve is like the cream you use in your coffee as for pesto i would also like to know what that is?
@Jena, buy heavy whipping cream from the grocery store.
This is the first recipe of Darius’s I cooked and OMG…fabulous! I felt like a Top Chef in this piece! 🙂 I seasoned the shrimp while it was in the skillet and also only added the zest of half lemon. My goal is to make one dish each week from the site. Thanks so much for sharing this tasty recipe!
Plan on making this, would you pair with a tossed salad and garlic buttered French bread or cornbread. Can’t forget white or red wine.
How many servings does this make?
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