Seared Penne And Cheeses

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, and
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, seperated
• 2 tablespoons clarified butter (if in a hurry regular will do )
• pepper (no salt is needed if using feta cheese as well in this dish )
• 8 shallots (minced)
• 8 minced garlic cloves
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese, and additional (to garnish)
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley (fresh)
• 1 lb spinach
• 2 lemons (cut into wedges 6-8 per lemon)
• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 1/4 cup cayenne pepper (red pepper flakes)
• 3 -6 shrimp, peeled & deveined per person (cooked )
• 1/2 cup asiago cheese (sprinkled or tossed with pasta )

Recipe

• 1 for pasta.
• 2 boil till al dente. drain in colander. add up to 3 tbsp olive oil to pasta to keep from sticking. set aside in an ice bath ( pasta in a bowl and bowl with ice water underneath ) in a large saute pan over medium heat add butter drop in penne, pepper and salt if not using feta cheese. shake around till you can see a a golden brown color on at least one side. add shallots.( till seared ).
• 3 for spinach or other desired leafy green vegetables.
• 4 add garlic and saute 2 minutes. add feta and spinach. ( the dish is delicious with just salt and pepper if you are not keen to feta. you can also use any readily available lefy green vegetable ).
• 5 last steps::.
• 6 now add pasta and spinach mixture together in a large and mix ( you may add asiago cheese now, add it by spinkling and combining till the right texture ).
• 7 squeese one wedge of lemon atop each plate,also top with feta,pine nuts, red peper flakes, more asiago cheese and 3-6 shrimp.