Scallop and shrimp pasta with a white wine sauce

By Booper-2

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1/2 box Barilla pasta plus rotini
• 1 lb shrimp
• 1/2 lb scallops
• 3 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• dash to 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
• 2 C white wine or broth (i would use less broth as it tends to be overpowering)
• salt and pepper to taste
• grated parmesan (I just grate until it’s covered and then toss to make it all melty ooey gooey nom nom nom)
• 8 fresh basil leaves ‘ish’

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from asouthernfairytale.com

Preparation

Step 1

I chopped some bacon and got it sizzling in a pan, then I added 1 clove of chopped garlic and cooked them for 3 or 4 minutes; stirring occassionally.

Grab a bottle of white wine, make sure it’s something you’d drink; it doesn’t have to be expensive.. the rule with alcohol and cooking is if you wouldn’t drink it, don’t cook with it. (if you don’t drink.. you could use a veggie or chicken broth)

Add about two cups of white wine, 1 tsp to 1 Tbsp (y’all know I love my spice) of crushed red pepper to the bacon garlic mix and set to simmer.

Start your pasta water boiling and then cook your pasta.

When your pasta has about 6 minutes left, add the scallops and shrimp to your sauce pan and cook, stirring frequently until shrimp is pink.

Now for the fun part, toss the pasta and sauce/scallops/shrimp mixture together.. add in basil leaves and divide into bowls.  This made 4 servings for us.

grated parmesan (I just grate until it’s covered and then toss to make it all melty ooey gooey nom nom nom)