Showing posts with label pasta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pasta. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Penne Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce

This is another recipe that I got from visiting
The Pioneer Woman Cooks. It is SO good! The link to her origional recipe is here.
I don't think she has a 'printer friendly' version, so I will type up the recipe here, but I want to make sure and give proper credit to Ree. I've probably made this 3 or 4 times since last fall. It is that good. :) And here it is in my big bowl that I got from my S-i-L for Christmas. I LOVE this bowl!

And here's my plate. With this dish (any pasta dish, really), I usually fix Texas Toast using Black Pepper Onion Bread. But the last two times I fixed this I didn't have any in the freezer & didn't have time to make the bread. So on this day, we had it with cottage cheese & sauteed scallops.

Penne Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
16 oz. box penne pasta
shrimp
3 T. butter, divided
3 T. olive oil, divided
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 c. heavy cream
1/2 c. chicken broth ( or white wine)
salt & pepper
1 T. chopped fresh parsley (I used dried)
A few basil leaves ( I used 1 t. dried basil)

Saute shrimp in 1 T. butter & 1 T. olive oil for a few minutes until shrimp just turns pink. Remove from skillet.
You can dice it into bite sized pieces if you like (I don't).
In a large skillet, saute diced onion & garlic in 2 T. butter & 2 T olive oil.
Add chicken broth (or wine) & stir. Add tomato sauce & stir well. Add cream & stir well.
Add the parsley & basil. Stir well & turn on low while finishing up the dish.
Meanwhile, have a big pot of water come to a boil & add penne pasta. Boil for 7-9 minutes & drain. Add to tomato cream sauce, also add the shrimp. Add just a little bit of salt, & fresh black pepper to taste. Stir to toss & serve.

YUM!

At the bottom of my recipe I have written in bold letters, "THIS IS A KEEPER".
I love finding new recipes that are keepers! Thanks Pioneer Woman!
We had it again tonight for supper, & again, I didn't have any Black Pepper Onion Bread in the freezer, so we had freezer corn (from the garden) & tangerines. The freezer corn really is worth all that work!