Shrimp & Vodka Bow Tie

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- Trinity.  AKA professional recipe tester.

Simple Ingredients

Farafalle (AKA bow tie pasta)

Fresh Basil - thinly sliced for garnish as shown above

1/2 lb cooked jumbo shrimp

4oz heavy whipping cream

8oz package mini pearl grape tomatoes - chopped in half

1/2 cup good quality vodka 

3 garlic gloves - minced

2 shallots - finely chopped

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 teaspoon ground cumin

Olive oil

Nom Nom Directions

Start boiling water for pasta first.  When it's ready, throw in desired amount of pasta, a dash of salt & start your vodka sauce.

In large sauce pan, coat a few times around with olive oil & throw in the shallots.  Sauté over medium heat for a minute, then add the vodka, tomatoes, garlic, & heavy whipping cream, spices & bring to a boil.  Let the alcohol cook off a few minutes and allow sauce to reduce.  Take the sauce out and pour into a blender or food processor.  Blend together until almost smooth (some chunks are kind of nice).

Put the sauce back in the sauce pan & add shrimp.  Cook for a five minutes over medium heat, allowing all of the flavors to mix together and shrimp to warm up.

Serve immediately and add fresh basil garnish on top.

Enjoy!  And keep reading... more delicious original recipes coming soon!