Directions
And finally, we are back with our Friday fish random recipe. Today we are going to make a slam dunk dish: pasta with pesto shrimp, ginger and tomatoes.
Trivial? Too easy? Sure, but this is one of the most delicious, and quick dish, you can eat all your life. This beauty is so simple that does not need many words, but only a tantalizing wine pairing, but you can find it at the bottom of the recipe! Now turn on the stove, get set, go!
Ingredients for pasta with ginger pesto, shrimps, ginger and tomatoes
4 servings
- 380 grams of pasta like rigatoni
- 16 shrimps
- 8 ripe cherry tomatoes or 3 large
- 200 grams of Genovese basil
- 60 grams of mint
- 60 grams of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 8 grams of fresh ginger
- 120 grams of pine nuts
- no cheese, please!
How to make the perfect pasta with pesto, shrimps, ginger and tomatoes
We’ll start from pesto: if you have time you could put garlic and basil in a mortar and start pounding to make a great pesto. Then, after 10 minutes, add ginger and pine nuts keep crushing and then add olive oil.
If you’re in a hurry put everything in a blender and pulse mercilessly, no one will blame you for this.
Wash and remove the shell of the shrimps.
Remove the heads, add more oil and 1 clove of garlic and cook heads for 10 minutes, crushing them and adding a bit of water or dry vermouth.
When ready discard heads and strain the sauce.
Cook pasta in plenty of boiling salted water.
Wash and cut tomatoes into wedges, put in a bowl with pesto, shrimps and the fish sauce.
When pasta is cooked al dente, drain and dress with pesto, shrimp, tomatoes and that’s it. Parmigiano is not welcome in this recipe, you don’t have to add any additional flavor to a already great dish: ginger is enough.
Why ginger?
It adds a fresh touch and scent that emphasizes the aromatic flavor of basil and is perfect to exalt the shrimps’ sweetness.
What wine goes well with pasta with pesto, shrimps, ginger and tomatoes?
We choose a fragrant and fruity white wine that can reinforce the symphony of fresh scents of this pesto, such as Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay or Champagne or Prosecco if you want bubbles.
If you prefer a cocktail, Spritz is the king of combinations when it comes to pasta.
