OLIVE TAPENADE INCRUSTED SHRIMP OVER PASTA

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Categories     Pasta     Shellfish     Sauté     Quick & Easy

Yield serves 4-6

Number Of Ingredients 15

1lb peeled and devained large shrimp.
1/2 cup olive oil
12oz jar marinated artichoke harts
1 lemon
1 whole red pepper chopped
4 whole scallions chopped
handful of grape tomatos halved
1 package of thin spaghetti
1/2 cup all purpose flour
8oz parmigiano shredded
handful basil leaves
1 sm jar calamato olives seeded
handful pinenuts
1/2 cup vermoth
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • first peel and devain shrimp wash peeled shrimp and squeeze lemon over shrimp season with salt and pepper and set aside. in a food processor add olives, basil, pine nuts and, parmigano and 1/4 cup olive oil salt and pepper and process into a paste when done take half the mixture and put it in with the shrimp work it in with your hand to cover all the shrimp boil pasta according to package instructions in a saute pan add saute artichoke red pepper and scallions in alittle olive oil add 1 table spoon of the tapenade to the pan saute until tender and remove to a plate set aside drench the shrimp in flour and prepare to saute in the same pan add remaining olive oil and saute the shrimp in one layer until brown do not over cook turning once remove cooked shrimp onto a plate and season with salt and pepper in the same pan remove excess oil and return the suted vegtables to pan saute alittle longer than add the vermoth and deglazing the pan scrape pan to get all the bits up add cooked pasta to pan and tomatos and remaining tapenade mix and cook for 1 more minute. to serve put pasta mixture in a plate and top with the shrimp serve parmigiano on top

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