Basil Sauce with Sauteed Shrimp

Name: Basil Sauce with Sauteed Shrimp
Yield: Enough for 1 pound of pasta
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, packed fresh basil leaves; 1 small clove, garlic, peeled; 1 tablespoon, pine nuts; 6 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; , Salt and ground black pepper; 1 pound, small shrimp, peeled and deveined

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1995

With minimal work clams, tuna, mussels, and shrimp can be turned into quick sauces for pasta.

SERVESEnough for 1 pound of pasta

TIME20 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It took very little work to turn shrimp into a quick pasta sauce. For our basil and shrimp pasta sauce recipe, we simply sautéed shrimp and then tossed them with pesto (minus the cheese), before tossing with linguine or spaghetti.

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