Carter Family Recipes

This 30-minute creamy lemon shrimp pasta recipe is easy to make on a weeknight and impressive enough to serve at a dinner party! The creamy white wine sauce is so special.

Ingredients

Shrimp

  • 16 oz shrimp cleaned deveined
  • 2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 garlic minced
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon butter for cooking

Sauce 

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 minced garlic
  • 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes cut in half
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt and chili flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 cup pasta water

Garnish

  • 2 tablespoons parsley chopped

Procedure

  1. Cook pasta in salt water al dente. Reserve 1/4-1/2 cup pasta water
  2. Season and grill your shrimp in butter for 2-3 total cook time then remove to a bowl.
  3. In same pan and olive oil and sauté garlic 30 seconds.
  4. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook another 1-2 minutes on medium low heat.
  5. Add salt, pepper, paprika and chili flakes. Mix
  6. Add the heavy whipping cream and Parmesan cheese.
  7. Let the sauce cook in medium heat and thicken.
  8. Add in the pasta. Top with shrimp and garnish with parsley
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