DIY Jumbo Garlic Shrimp on Tagliatelle Pasta

Well it's time for one of our favorite meals, garlic shrimp in pan sauce over tagliatelle pasta. It's not the first time we've posted this over the years but it's been quite awhile and any newbies to our site might appreciate not having to search.

More and more, we like to make one pan (pot) meals where none of the essential goodness of the ingredients gets lost. It's healthier, more natural and brings out the real taste of the healthy ingredients that we cook. This essentially is one of those meals except for boiling the pasta. None of the vitamins, minerals, fiber or flavor are lost in discarded juices.

Enjoy this Italian American dish with a Caesar salad, a little garlic bread and perhaps a good Chianti. Bono gusto!

SERVES:                                2
PREP TIME:                         15 minutes +/-
COOKING TIME:      Pasta:  10 minutes or less
                                  Shrimp:  5 minutes or less
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces of tagliatelle pasta
9 very large shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 medium to large garlic cloves, skinned and sliced thin
1/4 to 3/8 cup of extra virgin olive oil
a pinch of red pepper flakes
Fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon
zest from 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon black pepper ground coarse
Parmesan cheese for serving

PREPARATION
The Pasta
1. Boil the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the package
2. Drain thoroughly and stir into the warm pan sauce when it has been prepared.
The Garlic Shrimp
1. Using a ten inch high temperature saute pan, heat the olive oil to medium high heat.
2. Add the shrimp and garlic and cook for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes on the first side.
3. Turn the shrimp add the red pepper flakes and cook for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes more. The shrimp should be cooked through with some brown on the high spots. If you are going to reserve them at 200 degrees, be careful not to over cook.
4. Reserve if necessary in a 150 to 200 degree Fahrenheit warming oven with the serving plates.
The Pan Sauce
1. Add a bit more olive oil, if needed, and add the pasta.
2. Turn the heat down to low, add the lemon juice, lemon zest and the fresh ground black pepper and stir until everything is mixed and all of the pasta is coated in the sauce. 

PLATING THE MEAL
1. Spread the pasta on the warmed plates.
2. Place the shrimp on the pasta.
3. Spoon a little of the sauce and pan bits over the shrimp and pasta.
4. Sprinkle with fresh grated Parmesan and serve.

Bon appetit,
Tom and Anita

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DIY Jumbo Garlic Shrimp on Tagliatelle Pasta

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