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Shrimp pasta with goat cheese and pesto

July 19, 2010 in goat cheese, pasta, pasta. goat cheese, pesto, seafood, shrimp by Ted Major

Just as necessity is the mother of invention, sometimes an empty fridge is the mother of inspiration. We’ve been out of town for a week, and after being home for 2 days, we haven’t made it to the grocery store, so the shelves were pretty bare. As a last-ditch attempt to avoid shopping, I pulled some goat cheese, pesto, and shrimp out of the freezer and came up with one of the finest meals we’ve had recently.

  • 5 oz log of goat cheese
  • 1/4 cup pesto
  • 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined
  • 3/4 lb pasta (we used girandole [big spirals], but anything short with some texture to hold the sauce would work)
  • salt & white pepper to taste
  • olive oil to sauté

Cook the pasta. While it cooks, sauté the shrimp in olive oil over medium heat and season with salt & freshly ground white pepper. When the shrimp is done, reduce the heat to low and add the pesto and goat cheese. Stir until the goat cheese is melted. Turn off the heat and toss in the pasta. Enjoy.


Garlic Shrimp

August 7, 2009 in seafood by Ted Major



Garlic Shrimp

Originally uploaded by ted_major

  • 1 lb shrimp (we used 10-15 ct), peeled and deveined
  • 4 large cloves garlic, minced (or more to taste . . .)
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 3 oz cognac
  • 1/4 cup EVOO
  • 3 tsp chopped fresh parsley
  • juice of 1 lemon

In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and red pepper and saute until the garlic turns golden. Raise the heat to high and add the shrimp, lemon juice, cognac, and paprika. Saute until the shrimp are pink. Remove from heat and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with fresh bread/