Roasted Pepper Shrimp Pasta
This spicy, creamy roasted pepper sauce is a modern take on Italian food that will satiate all of your pasta needs.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. pasta noodles Make sure to reserve 1 cup of pasta water!
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 bell peppers Color doesn't matter! I use red, orange, and yellow, but you can use any mix of those you'd like.
- ½ T rosemary
- 1 t thyme
- 1 t oregano
- 1 t onion powder
- 1 t garlic powder
- ½ t salt
- ½ t pepper
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- ½-1 lb. shrimp This is optional and all based on how much shrimp you want in your pasta.
Instructions
- Cook your pasta noodles. Make sure to reserve 1 cup of pasta water when the noodles are done. Make the sauce while the noodles are cooking!
- Dice the bell peppers. Make sure that it's clean of all seeds.
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat.
- Add the diced peppers, rosemary, thyme, oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Cook for 15 minutes, or until the peppers are a little bit charred and caramelized.
- Add everything in the pan to a food processor or blender. Puree until smooth.
- Add the sauce back into the pan over low/medium heat.
- Add the parmesan cheese and stir until it's well combined.
- Add the reserved pasta water about ¼ cup at a time until the sauce's consistency is smooth and glossy.
- Make sure the shrimp is deveined. You can either add it to the sauce raw and cook it in the sauce for a few minutes, or saute it in a separate pan for 2-3 minutes beforehand and add it to the pasta when plating.
- Add the noodles to the sauce and let it all cook together for 1-2 minutes.