Name: Spaghetti with Shrimp and Roasted Red Peppers (Spaghetti ai Gamberi e Peperoni Arrosto)
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4 People
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 pound spaghetti; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon flat leaf Italian parsley, finely chopped; ¾ cup heavy cream; 8 ounces large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut into ½-inch pieces; Salt; ½ teaspoon garlic, finely chopped; 2 red peppers; Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4
People

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Classic Pasta Cookbook

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 1993

About

Roasted peppers add a wonderful deep flavor to this luscious shrimp sauce.

Ingredients

2 red peppers
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon

Method

Roast the red peppers over an open flame or under the broiler until the skin is charred on all sides. Place them in a plastic bag and tie it shut. After about 20 minutes take the peppers out, cut them in half, remove the core and scrape away the skin and the seeds. Do not rinse them or try to peel them under running water or you’ll wash away the flavor. Cut the peppers i