What is associated with Italy? Songs of the San Remo festival, films with Adriano Celentano, Ornella Mutti and Sophia Loren. The beauty of Rome, Florence and Venice. The singing Italian language and the good nature of the locals.

And what associations come to mind, if you recallabout the kitchen? Of course, pizza, lasagna risotto, wine panna cotta for dessert, and the leader of the list - pasta. Of course, the pasta in their various manifestations, like all over the world, in Asia, rice and corn noodles in Russian wheat pasta or egg noodles.

However, there are more than a hundred kinds of pasta, herewhy the question of where more like this product, disappears by itself. Familiar for many have become spaghetti, fetuchini, tagliatelle and gnocchi. The peculiarity of Italian pasta is the use in its manufacture of only solid varieties of wheat, contrary to popular belief, it does not harm the figure. The latter, however, does not apply to the numerous additives and sauces used in its preparation. The recipes of paste are mass, among them with bolognese sauce, pesto, béchamel, with mushrooms and truffles, seafood and ham. Probably, only parmesan cheese remains unchanged with any method of preparing it.

Pasta with shrimps, the recipe of which came to us,of course, from Italy - a delicious dish, experimenting, you can get several versions of it. Preparation does not take a lot of time and effort. Pasta with shrimps, the recipe of which can be considered one of the basic, will not be a shame to give unexpectedly arrived guests. So, the variations on the theme:

Pasta with shrimps, recipe number 1

To prepare the dish you will need:

  • 400 grams of pasta;
  • 750 grams of peeled shrimp;
  • 150 ml chicken broth (water);
  • 1 tsp lemon peel;
  • 100 ml of lemon juice;
  • assorted cheeses: 200 grams of Philadelphia, 50 grams of Parmesan cheese; 100 grams of mozzarella;
  • 1 sprig of parsley.

Pasta with shrimps, recipe
Spaghetti is boiled in salted water, approximately 3 minutes before its availability, adding prawns, after which the water merges.

To prepare sauce in a frying pan pour inbroth, lemon juice, add Philadelphia, a pinch of pepper and lemon zest. The mixture is cooked for 5 minutes (approximate dissolution time of the cheese), after which it is necessary to add the paste and stir. The dish is ready.

Pasta is laid out on plates, sprinkled with Parmesan, mozzarella and finely chopped parsley, then kept under the lid for 3 minutes.

Pasta with shrimps and tomatoes, recipe number 2

Pasta with shrimps and tomatoes
To prepare the dish you will need:

  • 400 grams of pasta;
  • 750 grams of peeled large shrimps (as an alternative - a mixture of shrimp and mussels);
  • 200 grams of tomatoes (if possible, use cherry);
  • 250 grams of Parmesan cheese;
  • 300 ml of cream;
  • 1 sprig of basil;
  • 3 cloves garlic.

Pasta is boiled in water, at the same time it is prepareddressing (sauce). On the heated large frying pan lay out and fry for a couple of minutes chopped garlic and shrimp. Then add the tomatoes, cut into halves, chopped basil and cream. The resulting mixture must be stewed for 10 minutes, after which the prepared dish is laid out on plates, poured with sauce and sprinkled with Parmesan.

Pasta with shrimps and mushrooms, recipe number 3

To prepare the dish you will need:

  • 400 grams of pasta;
  • 200-250 grams of champignons;
  • 450 grams of peeled shrimp;
  • 250 grams of Parmesan cheese;
  • 100 ml of white dry wine;
  • 250 ml cream;
  • 60 grams of butter;
  • 3 cloves garlic.

Pasta with shrimps and mushrooms
The pasta is cooked according to the instructions on the pack, after which the water is drained.

To make sauce in a saucepan or largeThe frying pan is placed butter, garlic is squeezed out, cleaned shrimps, mushrooms are put, white wine is added. Salt and pepper the dressing can be done at this stage of cooking. When the wine is almost evaporated, add cream and stand on fire until boiling. If the paste is still hot, you can put it on the plates and pour the sauce, if it has cooled down, you can add it to the sauce and warm it in a frying pan.

Put on plates and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

The pasta with shrimps, the recipe of which can be modified, can even be applied to an inexperienced hostess, and the taste of the dish will remind you of sunny Italy and will raise the mood in a gloomy winter.