Cavatelli With Garlic Sauce, Shrimp, And Broccoli
This cavatelli dish will quickly be devoured!
Equipment
- 1 Large Bowl
- 1 Large Pot
- 1 Medium Pot
- 1 Cutting Board
- 1 Wooden Spoon
- 1 Strainer
Ingredients
- 1 Bag Mama Rosie's Frozen Cavatelli
- 1/2 Bag Frozen Shrimp (Cooked, De-veined, and De-tailed)
- 1 Large Head of Broccoli
- 1 Box Unsalted Chicken Broth You can do water instead if you don’t want to use broth. The broth just adds a nice flavor to the broccoli!
- 1 Bunch Fresh Parsley
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Minced Garlic
- Unsalted Butter (You can use any butter - we just use unsalted to avoid unnecessary salt)
- Shredded Parmesan Cheese
- Ground Pepper
Instructions
- Start by thawing your shrimp in a large bowl of water.
- Next, fill a large-sized pot with water and bring to a boil. (This pot will be for the cavatelli. I do a big pot for the cavatelli so there's extra room to combine all ingredients together at the end of the recipe process.)
- Grab a medium-sized pot and add the full box of unsalted chicken broth to it. Bring to a boil
- Chop up the head of broccoli while waiting for both pots to boil.
- Once the water pot is boiling, add in the bag of frozen cavatelli and follow the instructions on the bag for timing. Make sure to stir every now and then to prevent sticking.
- Once the broth pot is boiling, add the chopped broccoli florets and boil until you can pierce with a fork. Don’t overcook the broccoli!
- Wash and chop the fresh parsley while you’re waiting for the cavatelli and broccoli pots to cook.
- The broccoli will be done boiling first. Drain the broccoli. (You can preserve the broth and use it for another recipe if you don't want to waste it!)
- Next, drain the cavatelli as well.
- Before putting the strained cavatelli back in its pot along with other ingredients, turn the pot on low and create the base of the sauce: Add a generous foundation of olive oil and minced garlic (maybe 1/3 cup olive oil, and many heaping tablespoons of minced garlic). Next, add about two tablespoons of butter to that base and let it melt. Mix in cracked ground pepper. Keep stirring so the garlic doesn’t burn. *These sauce measurements are loose estimations, so feel free to adjust as you see fit!
- Add in the thawed shrimp to that base sauce and cook on low for a few minutes.
- Add in the drained cavatelli and broccoli to that same pot. Mix all together and coat everything in the sauce.
- Add more olive oil, butter, and ground pepper as needed as you mix. You want everything nicely coated! (Not a soup of oil - just coated, flavorful, and moist.)
- Add in shredded parmesan and mix again.
- Now, you’re at the final step - serve and garnish with the fresh parsley!