3:14 PM
Matt Peloquin
This bacon and shrimp pasta dish is one of my favorites and a perfect quarantine dinner.
It combines all the greats into one dish with a heavy dose of garlic, tasty shrimp and flavorful pancetta or bacon...all combined with a creamy and cheesy sauce that matches well with all the flavors.
This is very easy to make and takes less than 30 minutes from prep to plate!
Give it a try on your own and let me know how it goes!
Servings: 4
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 6 slices pancetta or bacon
- 1 head of garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp. thyme
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan
- 12 oz. cooked whole wheat spaghetti
- Black pepper to taste
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions:
- Peel and chop a full head of garlic
- Boil salted water and cook the spaghetti, drain and set aside
- Heat a large skillet
- Take peeled and deveined shrimp and mix in a bowl with thyme, black pepper and the red pepper flakes
- Add the pancetta or bacon to the skillet and cook until crispy (7-10 minutes depending on thickness)
- Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside, keeping the bacon fat in the pan
- Add garlic to the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, then adding the shrimp and cook until slightly pink (approximately 2 more minutes)
- While the shrimp is cooking, cut the cooked bacon (avoid fully chopping it as you want some texture to be able to hold the completed sauce)
- Remove shrimp from the pan and set aside
- Add heavy cream and Parmesan and simmer for 1-3 minutes until reaching your preferred sauce texture thickness
- Remove from heat
- Add the cooked shrimp, bacon and spaghetti to the skillet
- Mix all ingredients, keeping some of the bacon and shrimp on top as an additional garnish
- Garnish with fresh cut parsley and additional cheese and serve
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