Drunken Shrimp Or Chicken Or Crawfish Pasta

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 red bell peppers
• vegetable oil
• 1 quart heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons garlic, shopped
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, peeled
• 1 cup leek, sliced
• 2 cups shiitake mushrooms, julienned
• 1 tablespoon creole seasoning
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle abita amber beer
• 16 ounces angel hair pasta, cooked al dente
• kosher salt, to taste
• 1/2 cup romano cheese, freshly grated
• 3 -4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 core the tomatoes and cut into halves.
• 3 core the bell peppers and cut into halves lengthwise, discarding the seeds and membranes.
• 4 rub the skins of the tomatoes and peppers with a small amount of vegetable oil and make a small slit in the skin of each tomato half.
• 5 arrange cut side down in a baking pan and roast in the oven until the skins blister.
• 6 squeeze the seeds from the tomatoes and chop coarsely.
• 7 julienne the bell peppers.
• 8 bring the cream to a boil in a heavy saucepan.
• 9 stir in the roasted tomatoes and cook until the mixture is reduced 1/3 and the sauce will coat the spoon.
• 10 saute the garlic in the butter in a large saute pan until golden brown.
• 11 add the shrimp, leeks, mushrooms, and creole seasoning.
• 12 saute until the shrimp are partially cooked.
• 13 add the beer and stir to deglaze the pan.
• 14 cook until the beer has evaporated.
• 15 add the tomato cream and pasta; mix well and season with kosher salt.
• 16 spoon onto serving plates and top with the romano cheese and roasted bell peppers.
• 17 garnish with parsley.