This dish is so wonderful and so easy. It is such an improvement over the traditional alfredo. However, if young people are also going to enjoy this dish, I suggest reducing the cayenne pepper to about 1/2 teaspoon, otherwise leave it alone if you like a little spice.
It really was a fantastic dish. My family, including the four children, really enjoyed it. The only thing I did differently was to use fettuccini instead of penne pasta. We will definitely make it a regular dish in our meal rotation.
It was really good! I made a few small adjustments. The family asked me not to add cayenne pepper. I had medium shells instead of penne, so I used them. The portobellos, I cut them into medium thick strips and I had a jar of roasted red peppers that I used instead of fresh. Everyone loved this dish! One thing to note, I haven’t yet found an alfredo sauce that isn’t salty, so don’t add salt until you taste it just before you put it on the plate. Mine didn’t need it because the salt in the alfredo sauce was sufficient. This recipe is to keep!
INGREDIENTS :
1 tin of Penne Pasta
1 pound of shrimp (peeled and deveined)
3 C Chopped fresh spinach, kale or arugula (do not use frozen products)
1 C Mozzarella or Swiss cheese
3 Cloves of garlic (chopped)
2 tsp. salt, pepper and garlic salt
8 C Water
Butter 2 T
1 T Oil
Itinerary :
Prepare the pasta according to the packet. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add your shrimp to the pasta water. Cook until they are no longer pink. Drain all the water except 1 C for the next step. Keep pasta and shrimp warm.
In a skillet, add oil and butter over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the pasta to the pan. Mix to coat. Season to taste. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring often.
Then add the spinach, cook for 1 minute until it wilts (add ⅓ cup of water here if needed to steam the spinach). Stir gently until the cheese melts. Do not overcook. Add other seasonings to taste. Garnish with dried cilantro.
Just curious, when you get the shrimp, do you get the raw shrimp or the pre-cooked shrimp? In the recipe, it says to cook the shrimp until no longer pink. I wonder if that is a typo? Pink shrimp is cooked shrimp
The recipe calls for raw shrimp
First It says in the first paragraph in the last five minutes add shrimp to cook out the pasta in the water certain boiled
It doesn’t say when you add garlic or cheese? Please respond.
Chefintgemaking I think the shrimp is raw.
Sheila Fischer I would put the garlic in with the oil and butter.
How many ounces is a Tin of Penne Pasta?
Why isn’t anyone’s question answered?
What is a Tin of pasta
I made this today and we were very pleased with results, I didn’t know what a tin was and next time would make less than a 1/2 box , and more seasonings. I definitely will do it again!!
What is Tin of Penne pasta???
The sauce I would use would be pesto! Just saying
You said you could cut down on the cayenne pepper. The recipe does not even mention cayenne pepper.
Portobello’s? This is the most confusing recipe that I have ever seen!! Stir until the cheese melts. When did the cheese go in. Weird.
As the pasta is cooking, this is when I start the oil, butter and the garlic, i say about 3 to 4 mins on medium heat as not to burn the garlic or butter. At this point i have added the shrimp to the pasta, i save the cup of water. I than add in the shrimp to the pan of oil, butter mixture, mix, than add the pasta, again mix well. I than add in the spinach mix everything in the pan evenly and the spices to taste. I do add 1/4 tsp. Of cayenne
At this point you may need to add water to your spinach, use the water that was saved, once spinach is wilted i than slowly add in the cheese and mix it through out the mixture in the pan. I serve this with garlic knots or bread (what ever you and your family likes).
I never seen in the cooking instructions when to cook the chopped garlic?
I never seen in the cooking instructions of when to cook the chopped garlic?
I think I’m going to make this like Shrimp Scampi and cooked fresh spinach, and hot pasta separately, then and mix all together with cheese and let it melt throughout.
Me personally. I will cook the pasta until it is completely cooked and set aside. Sauté the Shrimp and garlic together until the Shrimp are cooked completely with a little oil. Add the spinach to the Shrimp, add pasta, onions, peppers 🫑 onions 🧅 green and add cheese and seasoning to taste..
On the Facebook page itself it calls for 1 cup cream. Nothing about that here. These instructions are really bad.
Very confusing recipe. Must use your own cooki g skills
This is the worst put together entry for a recipe I’ve ever seen! The first few comments mention things like cayenne, portobellos, and Alfredo sauce. There is No mention of cayenne, portobellos, or cream (to make the Alfredo sauce) anywhere in either the ingredient list Nor the “itinerary” (which should read: directions, or, to make). In my opinion, cayenne should be added in the butter and oil mixture as should the garlic (it doesn’t say in the directions when to add the garlic either!). Then I’d slowly add some cream (not sure how much I’d add until I make the recipe though). I’d stir it all until we’ll blended. Then I’d add the portobellos, then the pasta, then the shrimp and finally the spinach. And, like the recipe, I’d add some water (some of the one cup that you kept from the pasta and shrimp) enough to help wilt the spinach dip if it wasn’t wilting without it. Then add the cheese and, of course, stir. That’s my thoughts on this horribly written recipe.
I don’t know how something so easy to make can seem do hard by reading this upsidedown receive I have already changed it to my liking of easier.too confusing this recipie!!