Tasty and healthy dinner - pasta with shrimp in cream sauce 🦐

Kitchen appliances and utensils: hob, pan, frying pan, colander, grater, cutting board, knife, tablespoon.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Washed and chopped shrimp are placed in a small bowl. Garlic is peeled and crushed, sandwiched between the cutting board and the side surface of the knife. Then he goes to a bowl of shrimp.
   
2. Olive oil, ideally cold pressed, in the amount of 2-3 tablespoons is poured into the same bowl with shrimp. The ingredients in the bowl are thoroughly mixed by hand. After which they need to give time to settle down so that the shrimps are saturated with olive oil.
   
3. White onions, ideally shallots due to its mild taste, are finely chopped.
   
4. Part of the oil from the shrimp is being poured onto a skillet over low heat. At this point, it should already be saturated with garlic. Chopped onions are poured into the pan. It needs to be fried until it begins to become transparent.
   
5. While the onion is fried, the mint leaves are rolled up with a tube, and then finely chopped with a knife.
   
6. Mint is added to the onion in a pan. Next comes a little dry white wine, literally 20-30 ml.
   
7. A pan of water for pasta is placed on the hob. Boiling water should be strong, only so the paste is cooked to the state of "al dente". When the wine in the pan almost boils, you need to pour shrimp from the bowl onto it so that they catch a little. No need to add garlic.
   
8. When the water in the pan boils, it needs to be salted, and then put the paste in it.
9. When the shrimp grabs, cream is poured into the pan. When the cream boils, you need to reduce the heat and begin to bring the dish to taste.
   
10. When the cream begins to boil lightly, they will begin to thicken, at which point a shrimp biscuit is added. The amount of bisque added depends on its concentration. The easiest way is to add a small amount to taste the mass, then it will become clear whether you need to add more or not. When the sauce thickens, it's time to add spices. The author of the recipe suggests using green pepper, but you can add what you like, the main thing is that the spices are combined with shrimp.
    
11. When the pasta is cooked, you need to take a cup of water from the pan. It will subsequently come in handy for adjusting the density of the sauce. When the sauce is almost ready, it needs to be salt and mix a little. Ready pasta reclines in a colander.
    
12. The paste is laid out in a pan to the sauce and mixed. As a result, the liquid from the sauce will begin to be actively absorbed into the paste, and because of this, it will thicken.
    
13. Hot water, taken from the pan, is added to the paste to dilute the sauce to a more liquid consistency.
    
14. It remains to put the paste on a plate and sprinkle with chopped parsley and grated zest before serving. The dish is ready, bon appetit.
    

Video recipe

The video from the author of the recipe fully reveals each step in the preparation of pasta with shrimp in a creamy sauce. It is advisable to review it even before the start of cooking, since the process has a large number of conventions and ties on time. In addition, the video will always come to the rescue if any moment is not sufficiently detailed or clearly covered by the step-by-step guide.

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