Shrimp and Brocolli Pasta with Lemon

Pasta has been one of the dish that us Filipinos love and admit it or not we also love to create our own pasta dishes at home that we can share to our family and friends
Pasta is one of the dish or snacks at home.

There are different kind of pasta sauce, some are using white sauce, red sauce, pesto sauce and other sauces for pasta but are you aware that we can also make an amazing pasta dish using lemons as the sauce. Lemons are the good source of vitamins C, vitamin A, Vitamin E, zinc, calcium, iron, protein and other nourishing elements. Lemons contain antioxidant and cancer-fighting properties.

Last week, I was invited to be one of the finalists of  Shopwise The Big  Cook-Off Challenge held at Shopwise, Sucat. The theme was " Pasta Around the world". We are asked to make our own pasta recipe. That was the first time I cooked the Shrimp and Broccoli Pasta with Lemons.


This recipe is good for 2-3 persons.

Ingredients:

-250 grams of fettuccine pasta

-1L  water

-250 grams Fresh medium Shrimp, peeled 

 and deveined

-1 cup Fresh Brocolli

-2 pcs of lemon ( for lemon juice and 

 garnish)

-1 small red bell pepper ( minced )

-1/2 teaspoon oregano

-4-5 pcs of bacon ( bits )

-3 cloves of garlic ( minced )

-2 tbsp of olive oil

-2 tbsp of rock salt 

-1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan 

  cheese

-salt and ground pepper to taste

Cooking Directions:

1.  In a medium-sized pot, add 1L of 

water and a dash of salt  and bring 

to boil to Cook the pasta according 

to the packaging instructions or 

until Al Dente

2. On a separate stove, pan fry

bacon bits until crispy golden brown texture is achieved then set 

aside.

3. the same pan, saute bell pepper 

til' it caramelized, add minced 

garlic then add shrimp and saute 

until we achieve the orange color 

from the shrimp then bring it to 

low fire. 

4. add broccoli and stir-fry for about 

2-3 minutes to retain some  crisp 

from the vegetable.

5. Add lemon zest ( 1 lemon ), parsley, 

lemon juice then add pasta, parmesan 

add some salt and  pepper to taste 

then toss well

6. Transfer it in a nice plate and top 

it with bacon bits and sprinkle some 

more parmesan cheese, garnish with 

some basil and lemon then serve.



Photo credit to Ms.Nicole Paler

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