Shrimp Bacon and Butternut Squash Pasta
This dish is simple and flavorful. The flavours from the bacon, sausage, sage and butter is just perfect. It compliment the pasta very well.
Equipment
- Chopping Board
- Sieve
- Knife
- Frying Pan or Wok
- Pot
Ingredients
- 5 cups Small Shell Pasta Or any shape of pasta
- 500 g Bacon Pan fried and chopped
- 3 Sausages Chopped and Pan Fried
- 1-2 small bulb Shallot / onions Minced
- 2-3 Habanero Pepper Minced
- 2 cloves Garlic Minced
- 1/2 - 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano Sub with Parmesan Cheese
- 1 Butternut Squash Peel and diced
- 1/2 - 1 cup Shrimp Cooked
- 5-8 leaves Sage Chopped
- 4 tbsp Butter
- Olive oil Sub with vegetable oil
- Black Pepper
- Seasoning Cube
- Salt
Instructions
- Place a pot on medium heat, add water, salt and tsp of oil and allow to boil.
- Once water is boiled, add the pasta until it is al dente. Then transfer to a sieve and set aside.
- In a pan, place on heat and add olive oil and allow to heat.
- Then add the butternut squash stirring constantly until it soften.
- Then add the black pepper and stir
- Now add the butter and sage and stir for about 2 mins.
- Then add in the minced onions and garlic and stir and let it cook for 2 mins.
- Add the habanero pepper and the shrimp and stir for about a min.
- Then add in the bacon and sausages and stir.
- Add salt and seasoning cube (if using) to taste and stir
- Now add the cooked pasta and stir. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
- Then turn off the heat and add the cheese and stir
- Enjoy
- With Love, B!