Pappardelle with Spanish Spiced Shrimps

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings:

The softness and the great flavor of the two paprikas, the sweetness of the Spanish blended with the smoked paprika, with the cream sherry and lots of pepper on the shrimp, the lemon squeezed over it, rendered a fabulous dish that was devoured.

Ingredients

2 pounds shrimps, peeled and deveined
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon Spanish smoked paprika
1 tablespoon Spanish bittersweet paprika
½ cup cream sherry
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 pound pappardelle pasta
1 lemon

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Instructions

Salt and pepper generously the shrimps.
Put the olive oil in a skillet and heat it over medium low heat. Add the garlic and paprika and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes.
Meanwhile cook the pappardelle in salted boiling water according the packaging instructions.
Add the sherry and raise the temperature to high, cooking for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and mix in the butter and add salt. Return to the stove, add the shrimps and cook over medium heat until cooked thru, 3-4 minutes.
Serve the spiced shrimps over the pappardelle and squeeze the lemon over it.

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Nutrition

Giangi's Kitchen provides nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates, as a registered dietician does not calculate them.