seafood essentials: spicy shrimp & pasta

How To Make seafood essentials: spicy shrimp & pasta

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  Step 1
  PREP/PREPARE
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  Step 2
  Gather your ingredients.
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  Step 3
  Chef’s Tip: For this dish to come together, you need all your ingredients prepped and ready to go; including the pasta.
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  Step 4
  Whisk together the chicken stock with the flour, and reserve.
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  Step 5
  Add the oil to a sauté pan over medium-high heat.
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  Step 6
  When the oil begins to shimmer, add the shrimp.
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  Step 7
  Sauté the shrimp for about 90 seconds
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  Step 8
  Chef’s Tip: When you cook the shrimp they need to be cool, but not cold… and definitely not frozen..
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  Step 9
  Add the garlic and tomatoes to the pan.
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  Step 10
  Stir into the shrimp, and sauté for an additional 30 seconds.
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  Step 11
  Add the reserved chicken stock/flour mixture to the pan.
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  Step 12
  Bring to the boil, and cook for an additional minute.
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  Step 13
  Chef’s Note: The broth should begin to thicken.
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  Step 14
  Reduce heat to low and begin adding the cubes of butter.
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  Step 15
  Chef’s Note: Add one cube at a time, allow it to incorporate into the sauce, and then add another. Repeat until all the butter has been added to the sauce.
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  Step 16
  Add the lemon juice, paprika, cayenne, and then season with salt and pepper, to taste.
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  Chef’s Note: The cayenne and the black pepper are variables in this dish. When Old Man Winter is howling, and the skies are grey with the promise of snow, I’ll add a bit more heat to warm my houseguests up. However, when the warm winds of Spring begin to blow, I’ll lower, or even eliminate the heat, and serve as a light Spring/Summer dish. Good chefs understand that spices can be very seasonal.
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  Step 18
  Chef’s Tip: If you are not using freshly made chicken stock, then watch the salt. Most commercial chicken stocks have a lot of sodium in them.
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  Step 19
  Chef’s Tip: This is one shrimp/pasta recipe where I don’t recommend finishing the dish with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese. In my opinion it upsets the delicate pairing of the sauce with the shrimp. You can add it if you want, but try one bite without it… just one.
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  Step 20
  Chef’s Note: If you have never made fresh pasta, you should give it a try.
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  Step 21
  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Step 22
  Serve immediately over a warm bed of fresh pasta. Include a small side salad and some nice freshly baked bread, and you have a great meal. Enjoy.
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  Step 23
  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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  Step 24
  RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS
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  Step 25
  Homemade Pasta - ala Andy https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/pasta/master-recipe-egg-noodle-dough.html?p=16
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  Step 26
  Chicken Stock - ala Andy https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/other-soup/hearty-chicken-stock-ala-cia.html?p=1
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  Step 27
  Italian Bread - ala Zelda https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/other-bread/italian-bread-for-the-bread-machine.html?p=15
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  Step 28
  Gluten Free French Bread - ala Bonnie https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/french/gluten-free-french-bread-bonnies.html?p=2
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