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Exchange Gang Pasta with Shrimp

By: Keri

"I have made several friends on the Recipe Exchange here. One of them posted a request asking other members to each suggest one ingredient and challenged me to make a dish out of only those ingredients, plus salt and pepper. After 15 minutes, she gave me the list. People had so much fun participating and I had a blast creating the dish. It turned out so good that my kids licked their plates! Everyone who participated deserves credit for creating the dish, so I have given their display names next to their ingredient. The recipe you see here is the result of that incredibly fun challenge."

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Prep Time:
15 Min

Cook Time:
20 Min

Ready In:
35 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 cups shrimp and sauce

Ingredients

1/2 pound spaghetti
4 tablespoons butter, divided
2 shallots, minced
1 cup diced mushrooms
1 cup grape tomatoes, quartered
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup white wine
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups torn fresh spinach leaves
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the spaghetti, and return to a boil. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is cooked through, but still firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain; toss with 2 tablespoons of the butter.
Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the shallots and mushrooms until the mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the grape tomatoes and garlic, season with salt and pepper, and cook and stir until tomatoes are heated through, about 3 minutes. Add the shrimp, and cook until the shrimp just begins to turn pink, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the white wine and lemon juice, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until shrimp are opaque, about 5 minutes. Stir in the spinach; once spinach has wilted, stir in the half-and-half and Parmesan cheese. Simmer until all ingredients are heated through and the sauce is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve over the cooked spaghetti.

Footnotes

Cook's Note
This Recipe Exchange Challenge was deliciously executed by Keri, with contributions from katie (spaghetti), Crystal (butter), DeniseY (shallots), Pam (mushrooms), Gitano (grape tomatoes), SEY1 (garlic), cookinteacher (shrimp), laughingmagpie (white wine), mom23boys (lemon juice), Nurse Ellen (spinach), TUNA'S MOM (half-and-half), and SHORECOOK (Parmesan cheese).