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Mediterranean Pasta

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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup penne pasta
  • 8 oz. smoked sausage – thinly sliced
  • 8 oz. large shrimp remove tails peel and de-vain, 16
  • ¾ cup chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • ½ cup sundried tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1½ tablespoon butter
  • 4 tablespoons sliced black olives
  • ½ cup sliced scallions
  • ½ cup feta cheese
  • ½ cup toasted pine nuts
  • 1 teaspoon paprika

Method
 

  1. Bring 6 cups of salted water to boil and add in penne … cook for 8 ½ minutes.
  2. Heat a 5 qt. Dutch oven to medium-high heat … add 1 ½ tablespoons of olive oil and 1 ½ tablespoons of butter.
  3. Season shrimp with salt, pepper paprika, then add to the Dutch oven and cook 2-3 minutes a side. Remove shrimp from pan and set aside.
  4. Add sausage to pan and brown (approximately 3-4 minutes a side)
  5. Add in onion, garlic and sundried tomatoes cook for 3 minutes, or until onions become translucent.
  6. Drain pasta (keeping ½ cup of the starchy water)
  7. Add pasta and starchy water to Dutch oven … use spatula to scrape the bottom of pan.
  8. Add shrimp back into Dutch oven and fold in black olives

Notes

Serve in bowls
Drizzle with EVOO, Garnish with feta cheese, scallions and pine nuts.
Buon appetito!