Shrimp Fettuccine With Cherry Tomatoes & Spinach

pasta / quick meals / seafood

Shrimp fettucine in a silky, light sauce with blistered cherry tomatoes and wilted spinach. This will make for the ultimate Christmas-colored inspired dish!

You need a main course for the feast of the seven fishes, and this festive looking pasta dish is the perfect choice. The burst cherry tomatoes and spinach make thi dish bright and colorful, while keeping with the classic flavors of shrimp fettucine. The sauce is so smooth, with butter, white wine, and lemon. Top this dish with some parmesan and you have a quick and easy main course!

Here’s what you’ll need to make shrimp fettucine with cherry tomatoes and spinach:

• shrimp

• fettucine

• cherry tomatoes

• spinach

• garlic

• lemon

• olive oil

• butter

• red pepper flakes

• white wine

• salt + pepper

• parmesan

After seasoning the shrimp, I sauté them on both sides and remove them from the pan. I then add the tomatoes to the pan, garlic, red pepper flakes, butter, to the pan and cook until the tomatoes get soft. Then I add in the white wine and lemon and salt and pepper to make my sauce. Lastly I add back in the shrimp and the spinach. Toss your cooked fettucine in the sauce with a little bit of pasta water, top with parmesan, and serve!

Shrimp Fettuccine With Cherry Tomatoes & Spinach

(makes 2 large portions or 4 side portions)

ingredients:

• 1 cup shrimp

• 1/2 lb fettucine

• 1 cup cherry tomatoes

• 1 1/2 cup spinach

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1/2 lemon, juiced

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 2 tbsp butter

• pinch red pepper flakes

• 1 cup white wine

• salt + pepper

• parmesan

directions:

1. cook your fettucine according to package directions.

2. pat dry your shrimp and season with salt and pepper on both sides. heat the olive oil in your pan and cook shrimp on both sides until pink. set aside when cooked.

3. add the minced garlic, butter, cherry tomatoes, and red pepper flakes to the pan and cook on medium low for about 8-10 minutes, until tomatoes start to blister.

4. add in the white wine and cook for another 5 minutes until the sauce thickens. add in your spinach and then your cook shrimp. stir together so the spinach wilts.

5. toss your cooked fettucine with the sauce and add in a splash of the pasta water in it to help to coat.

6. serve right away and top with parmesan. enjoy!

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