Penne a la Betsy

As I mentioned in my last post, the husband loves shrimp. This is another fabulous shrimp recipe from the Pioneer Woman that I have made many times. This was the first time that I made it with gluten free pasta though and it was terrific! This is a really good company meal as well (in fact I will be making it again tomorrow night when we have friends over!) I've substituted chicken for the shrimp or you could leave out meat all together and add some vegetables like zucchini, eggplant and peppers. Yum!

What you need:

- 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 lb GF penne pasta
- 2 T butter
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 C white wine (you can sub broth)
- 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 1/2 C heavy cream
- Fresh parsley
- Fresh basil
- salt and pepper




Directions:

- Cook the pasta until al dente, drain and set aside

- Heat 1 T of butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the shrimp and cook until they just start to turn pink. Do not overcook them! Remove and let cool.

- Dice your onion and mince your garlic

- Add to the same skillet you used to cook the shrimp and add a bit more butter and olive oil if needed. Cook until the onions begin to turn translucent and the garlic is fragrant

- Add in the white wine and stir the bottom of the pan really well to scrape up the browned pieces. Let the wine cook for a few minutes stirring occasionally. If you aren't a wine person or prefer not to use it, you can substitute the same amount of chicken broth.

- After the wine has cooked down a bit, add in the can of tomato sauce and stir well

- Add in the heavy cream and stir

- As the sauce simmers a bit, chop up the cooled shrimp into bite sized pieces and add to sauce

- Add some salt and pepper. Chop up some fresh parsley and fresh basil and add to sauce. I ended up using about 1/8 C of each herb. Using the fresh herbs really finishes out the dish and adds great flavor so don't skip them!

- Add in the pasta and stir to combine everything. Top with some grated parmesan cheese if you have it and enjoy! As I mentioned before, this is really yummy with chicken as well!