This is my special shrimp pasta recipe. Again, follow the instructions thoroughly for a fantastic dish!

Notes: For my shrimp recipes I always by large shrimp rather than small one; I find it a lot tastier and obviously meatier. If you are on a tight budget, small shrimp is usually ok.

Recipe ingredients:

1kg pasta – preferably angel hair

10 oz shrimp – preferably uncooked large shrimp

¼ cup melted butter

1tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 cup white wine – preferably Italian

1tbsp instant bouillon

2 chopped ripe tomatoes

1tbsp butter

½ cup flat leaf parsley

½ cup grated cheese – preferably Parmesan

1 medium onion, diced

A pinch of basil – dry

1 bay leaf – dry

Salt and pepper

This shrimp pasta recipe is for about 4 people. If you want more; just double the amount of ingredients (i.e. for 76 or 8 people).

If you have bought the shrimp uncooked:

Put water in a large pan and bring to the boil. Add salt and the dry bay leaf. Place the shrimp in the pot and boil until nice and pink (4 to 5 minutes). When done, scoop up and place on kitchen towel. Don’t remove the water from the pan as we are going to use it to cook the pasta!

Place the knob of butter in a frying pan and heat up until it melts. Add the extra virgin olive oil. Add the chopped onion and stir. Cook the onion until see-through; I usually place a lid on top of the frying pan to keep the moisture. Don’t let it burn!

Add the cup of white wine and chicken bouillon. Keep stirring. By now the wonderful smell should have taken over the entire house! As I usually say with my recipes, if you are not 100% familiar with this shrimp pasta recipe please don’t allow any children in the kitchen as it could be dangerous.

By now your onion should be nice and cooked; add the salt and pepper and basil. Now is the time to bring it to a boil. Lovely. Lower the heat and simmer in the pan for the next 10 to 12 minutes (or until it has reduced considerably).

Add the shrimp to the mixture and cook for a further 2 minutes (just barely enough to warm them up again). Add the chopped tomatoes in and leave for a further couple of minutes.

On the same pan we cooked the shrimp in, add the angel hair pasta. Stir with a wooden spoon. After the water has been boiling for a few minutes, get rid of the basil leave. Remember this water has already been salted, so don’t add any more salt! Remove pasta when it’s done and add to our wonderful shrimp sauce. For extra flavor add in the melted butter, the grated cheese and the parsley.

Enjoy this great shrimp pasta recipe! For more shrimp recipes please keep checking this site!