
Ingredients
- 24 large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 3 cups sliced mushrooms (washed and sliced (1/4 inch thick)
- 1 1/2 Ttablespoons roasted pine nuts
- 6 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 6 cups capellini pasta
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 2 Tablespoons fresh garlic (minced, up to 4)
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon shallot (minced)
- 1 Tablespoon fresh garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1-8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 lb lightly-salted butter (cut into, Tablespoons)
Procedure
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Wash spinach and remove stems before drying leaves between paper towels. Set aside.
- Spread pine nuts over bottom of sheet pan and place pan in oven on top rack. Roast until golden brown, approximately 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- Peel and devein shrimp. Set aside.
- Wash and slice fresh mushrooms. Set aside.
- Boil pasta in large pot of water to al dente stage according to directions on package. Set Aside.
- Prepare lemon butter sauce: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Sauté shallots and garlic until translucent.
- Add white wine and reduce slightly more than half, whisking occasionally.
- Add cream and reduce by half.
- Add lemon juice and reduce by half.
- Add white pepper.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Add remaining butter 2 Tablespoons at a time, whisking continuously after each addition to completely incorporate butter.
- Continue to simmer, whisking until sauce just coats spoon.
- In large skillet over medium-high heat melt the 4 tablespoons of butter.
- Add garlic and sauté until garlic is translucent.
- Stir in mushrooms, shrimp, and pine nuts.
- Sauté several minutes or until shrimp are done and show color.
- Remove skillet from heat and gently stir in spinach.
- Place warm pasta on plate with shrimp mixture to the side.
- Pour lemon sauce over pasta, permitting a bit of sauce onto shrimp.

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