Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Easy Shrimp Pesto Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomat
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 69 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 340 g | 12 ounces penne pasta |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds shrimp peeled, deveined and tails removed (see note) |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup chicken broth (I use low-sodium) |
| 121 g | 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, drained and lightly rinsed if packed in oil or water |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup basil pesto (see note) |
| Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (for serving) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Christine Whelton — May 6, 2021 @ 6:39 am Reply I hate to be one of those people who makes substitutions, but here I go. This looked so delicious, and I just happened to have some home made pesto in my fridge, but no heavy cream, only oat milk . I added a teas” — a cook
“Darlene Schwartz — February 6, 2022 @ 7:01 pm Reply Wow. Seriously wow. I made this the first time for a special dinner a few days before Christmas and it was such a nice change from all turkey all the time during the holidays. My daughter asked for the recipe” — a cook