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Return pasta and broccoli to Dutch oven; reduce heat to low. Stir in pesto, mustard, lemon zest and juice, and salt. Add the pesto to the pasta, and toss until evenly coated, adding in a bit of the reserved pasta water if needed to thin the pesto.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pesto shrimp with pasta and broccoli using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli:
- Make ready 3-4 ounces pesto spread or sauce
- Make ready 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 2 cups frozen or fresh broccoli
- Prepare 2 teaspoons red pepper chili flakes (optional)
- Take 1 cup tail-off shrimp (About 4 oz each serving)
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Sea salt
- Make ready 2 teaspoons freshly ground peppercorns
- Get 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- Make ready Half cup of Parmesan or Feta (optional)
The broccoli should be firm and a bright green when cooked (al dente). Frozen broccoli will work for this shrimp and broccoli pasta, it just won't need to be cooked quite as long. Frozen broccoli is already par-cooked, so it won't need as much time to defrost and become tender. Simply add it to the pan in the same way and cut down on the cooking time.
Steps to make Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli:
- While water is boiling for pasta, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a large 12-inch skillet pan and heat on medium-high.
- After the oil is heated, add minced garlic and stir frequently until a very light toast.
- Add shrimp to the pan. Stir the garlic around with the shrimp occasionally until shrimp reaches the correct pink cooked color. If shrimp is frozen, simply cook until defrosted. Immediately add broccoli. If broccoli is frozen, add frozen broccoli when you add the frozen shrimp.
- It should be time to boil the pasta. Add pasta with a tiny drop of olive oil. Cook until al dente
- Add 1 teaspoon red chili flakes and 1 oz of pesto sauce to shrimp and broccoli and stir. Set heat to low.
- Once pasta is boiled, drain and add to skillet pan with the shrimp and broccoli.
- Add remaining pesto sauce, red chili flakes, and olive oil to the pasta and stir. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Top with grated cheese of choice and serve.
It is ready when it is bright green. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add shrimp and squeeze in half the lemon juice. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. The sauce is wonderful creamy and tasty.
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