Basil Pesto Recipe with Shrimp and Scallop Fettucini
Basil Pesto Recipe with Shrimp and Scallop Fettucini
Try this Basil Pesto Recipe with Shrimp and Scallop Fettucini that the whole family will love!
Yield: 3 to 4
Ingredients:
- Six 16-20 per pound peeled and deveined shrimp
- 3 large scallops, foot removed
- 1/3 cup julienne sun dried tomatoes
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1 ounce shredded Parmesan (optional)
- 6 ounces fettucini noodles
- Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Procedure:
- Puree together lemon juice, basil leaves, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, 1/4 – 1/3 cup olive oil and salt and pepper until combined.
- The pesto should be very thick with a slight run of olive oil. When finished set aside.
- Next, season the seafood on all sides with salt and pepper.
- In a large saute pan on high heat add in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and caramelize all sides of the seafood taking care not to over cook (turn the heat down if necessary).
- While the seafood is cooking add the fettucini to a large pot of salted boiling water and cook until al dente (slightly crunchy)
- Once the noodles are cooked, strain them from the water and add them to the seafood pan.
- Add in the pesto and sun dried tomatoes to the seafood pasta and toss so all the food is covered in pesto.
- Adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper.
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Alex, I can still do that. Going down to the local “Italian” restaurant, run by a guy from Piraeus named George (suprise!), I can get an uvallienbbee omlette at 10:00 p.m.,or a cheeseburger at 7:00 a.m. And our marginal pistol permits are still decided by a three person board. One person from the cops, one from the CT Pistol & Revolver Assn., and one impartial attorney accepted by both sides. Any two out of three takes it. Unless there are a string of foolish actions by the applicant, the board doesn’t have to review at all, and it’s a “Shall Issue” operation. I’ve seen worse situations where people wear cowboy hats. Plus, I met the Governor last week, a good half hour sitdown. The local press likes to make her out as a shallow do-nothing (quel suprise aussi). Total B.S. That lady rocks! A good old fashioned Goldwater/Reagan Republican who hasn’t budged on one single issue since the “crash” gave her the leverage to spit in the Democrat’s faces. I have hopes there. Come on back for a visit. You can shoot my .50 caliber at the range in the middle of Windsor, right across the Farmington river from the Yuppie Puppies at Loomis Chaffe school for ineffective snobs.
Lovely work! Would you be happy to link it in to the current Food on Friday which is all about scallops? This is the link . There are 40 great links there already. I do hope to see you there. Cheers