Linguine In a Creamy Garlic Sauce
 
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This dish is full of flavour. It's fast and easy to prepare and can be served for lunch or dinner and its great to take the next day for lunch.
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Recipe type: Lunch/Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1, 1 lb box of Linguine pasta
  • 2½ cups of heavy cream
  • 1 cup of shredded white cheese (example four cheese Italian mix)
  • ½ cup onions diced
  • ½ cup mushrooms sliced
  • ½ cup of cherry tomatoes cut in half
  • 2 cups of baby spinach leaves
  • 1 lb raw shrimp thawed, deveined, tails off
  • 1 turkey chorizo sausage, sliced
  • 1 tsp Olive oil to saute'
  • ½ tsp of minced garlic
  • 1 stick of garlic and herb butter (3.5 oz)
  • pinch of dry thyme leaves
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Boil the pasta until tender and set aside in a colander to drain
  2. In a pan on medium heat, saute the onion, chorizo and mushrooms until soft, then add the thyme and minced garlic
  3. Turn the heat down on the pan and pour the heavy cream into the pan, as it cooks the cream will begin to thicken, stir occasionally.
  4. In a separate pan place the shrimp and garlic butter then put it in the oven on a low broil, after about six minutes the butter will melt and the shrimp will turn pink. Once all the shrimp is cooked remove the shrimp from the oven and set aside.
  5. By now your sauce should have thickened, add the Linguine and cherry tomatoes and mix together.
  6. Pour the shrimp and garlic butter mixture into the pan and mix in the cheese until it is mixed together well.At this point you can add your salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Add the spinach in last folding it into the pasta, once it is mixed in well, it is ready to serve.
Notes
This recipe is very flexible. The meats and vegetables used can be substituted with anything you wish. For example you could use chicken or Italian sausage. Or you can change the vegetables to broccoli or carrots .
Recipe by Table For Eight at https://www.tableforeightbda.com/2017/09/10/linguine-creamy-garlic-sauce/