This meal came about as I had about 5 shrimp hiding in the corner of the bag that didn't make it into the boil pot and I discovered them after I drained the water off. I almost just tossed them, but figured I could think up something to do with them. So this made a small batch but of course you could make it larger by adding more ingredients. (Especially you, Jane, since you love shrimp sooooo much!) ; )
Pasta - however much you want!
So, go ahead and start cooking your pasta, because this is a quickie! And the ingredients are all aproximate as I just make it up as I go along.
olive oil - for the bottom of the pan
1 onion - chopped
1 tomato - chopped
1 clove garlic - minced
3-4dried tomatoes in olive oil - chopped
salt
pepper
Italian seasoning - a couple of shakes
5-6 shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup cream
Chop one small or half a large onion. Start sautéing it in a pan with a little olive oil. As it is nearly soft, throw in a clove of garlic, finely minced. Now add some salt, a little fresh ground pepper, and one tomato, chopped. Go ahead and put the shrimp in and add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of white wine--it will cook off and the shrimp will be done in about 3 minutes. Don't overcook or it will be tough! I also threw in some chopped dried tomatoes in oil, because I happened to have some in the fridge. Now add about 1/2 cup of cream. (I used milk because I didn't have cream--I like to convince myself it's lower calorie if I do that and stir around a abit. Finally, throw a little fresh basil on the top. I unfortunately didn't have any, but I put a little dried basil in the sauce so I got the flavor.) Now drain your pasta and serve on a plate with the sauce on top. Some garlic bread would have been pretty tasty, too.
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