Description
Crisped cubed pancetta and sauteed shrimp with asparagus and artichoke hearts in a tomato basil sauce, tossed with spaghetti.
Ingredients
Units
- 1 lbs Colavita spaghetti
- 4 oz pancetta, cut in small cubes
- 1 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 medium red onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely diced
- 1 cup chopped asparagus (may substitute with sweet peas)
- 1/3 cup chopped Colavita artichoke hearts
- 1 26oz jar Colavita tomato basil sauce
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add salt. Add the spaghetti and cook for about 8 – 10 minutes, or until cooked. Drain and rinse. Lightly coat the spaghetti with about 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
- In a large skillet, cook the pancetta over medium high heat until the fat is rendered and the pancetta is crispy. Remove and set aside. Leave the fat in the skillet.
- Cook the shrimp in the skillet with the pancetta fat. Cook for about 2 minutes on each side. Take out and set aside with the pancetta.
- Add a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil to the skillet and cook the onion and garlic until the onion is translucent. Add the asparagus and artichoke hearts and cook for about 4 – 5 minutes. Add the pancetta and shrimp back to the skillet and cook until heated through.
- In a large pot (I used the one I cooked the spaghetti in), add the tomato basil sauce and cook until it is heated through. Add in the shrimp mixture into the pasta sauce. Serve with the spaghetti.
Notes
- Render the pancetta slowly until crisp before adding the shrimp — the fat it leaves behind is the base of the dish’s flavor.
- Coat the drained spaghetti in olive oil before combining it with the sauce so it doesn’t clump while you finish cooking.
- This reheats reasonably well, but the shrimp are best eaten fresh off the stove — they toughen with a second reheat.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 600
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 1200
- Fat: 20
- Carbohydrates: 75
- Fiber: 5
- Protein: 35