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Pasta with Roma Tomatoes and Shrimp Sauce

June 7, 2017 By Joe Boyle 2 Comments

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Pasta with Roma tomatoes and shrimp sauce is a dish you should seriously think about making.  It’s different than a standard pasta with marinara sauce. This dish creates unique flavors from chopped roasted Roma tomatoes and shrimp shell broth. 

Skillet of pasta and shrimp.

Forget about traditional Italian style pasta sauces. This sauce creates incredible taste through the simmering of the tasty ingredients.  The sauce develops flavors unlike an Italian style pasta and develops the sweetness of the shrimp along with the slight acidity of the tomatoes.

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How This Recipe Is Made

First of all, make a shrimp sauce with the shells of the shrimp and boil it with some white wine. A succulent saltwater shrimp flavor develops.  This gets combined with the pan-roasted Roma tomatoes which are seared for ten or twelve minutes in hot olive oil.

Roma tomatoes and shrimp sauce in a skillet.

The roasted tomato skillet is deglazed with the shrimp sauce and further reduced with another ten minutes of cooking to reduce the liquid by half. That means flavor!

Two plates of pasta with shrimp.

Lastly, the shrimp pieces and the cooked pasta are mixed into the sauce along with the fresh chopped oregano, cooked down a bit more, and kept juicy with the water from the cooked pasta.

Close-up view of pasta with Roma tomatoes and shrimp sauce.

The pasta and Roma tomato with shrimp sauce recipe is a grown-up version of delicious. It’s a dish you could put together in less than an hour and tastes like it took all day.

Make it for your family or friends and they’ll think you are a cooking genius.

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Pasta with Roma tomatoes and shrimp sauce in a skillet.

Pasta with Roma Tomatoes and Shrimp Sauce

Super flavorful main dish that can be ready to eat in less than 1 hour.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pasta with roma tomatoes and shrimp
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 403kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. shell on wild caught shrimp shelled, deveined and chopped
  • 1 cup dry white wine like sauvignon blanc
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs roma tomatoes quartered, seeds removed and chopped to bite sized
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 small jalapeno pepper minced
  • 8 oz. pasta your choice, I used farfalle
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano plus more for garnish
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Instructions

  • Remove the shells and tails from the shrimp and place in a sauce pan with the wine, water, salt and pepper. Place on the stove and boil for 10 minutes then strain and reserve the broth.
  • Meanwhile, devein the shrimp and chop each shrimp into three or four pieces.
  • Place the olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook to soften, about 10 minutes. Use a fork to further mash the tomatoes.
  • While the tomatoes are cooking, start the water for the pasta and cook pasta to al dente according to package directions. Strain the pasta, reserving about a cup of the pasta liquid.
  • Add the garlic and jalapeno pepper, cook for 1 minute, then add the shrimp broth to the skillet. Boil while stirring occasionally until reduced by half, 10 to 12 minutes.
  • Add the chopped shrimp to the skillet and cook for 1 minute then stir in the pasta and chopped oregano and adjust the amount of liquid using the reserved pasta water, (very little should be needed). Keep on the heat for another minute or two to insure everything is warm then serve while hot garnishing with more chopped oregano.

Notes

  1. Adapted from Mark Bittman's "The Food Matters Cookbook"

Nutrition

Calories: 403kcal

 

 

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  1. Natasha

    December 9, 2020 at 2:57 am

    5 stars
    Great recipe! Flavourful and simple to follow for a fast yet tasty midweek dinner. A hearty dinner without feeling heavy, not to mention affordable too! Thank you!

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    • Joe

      December 9, 2020 at 9:35 am

      Glad you liked it Natasha. Thanks for the nice comment.

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