Spicy Shrimp Puttanesca with Garlic Olive Oil and Olive Tapenade

Rounding out our menu of pasta dishes for National Pasta Month, we have a puttanesca recipe made with our new Olive Affairs Gourmet Olive Tapenade and our very own garlic olive oil. Taking another opportunity to reduce ingredients and save some prep time, the olives, capers, garlic and other great flavors come from a few scoops of the tapenade and our garlic olive oil. We used medium-sized shrimp that came peeled and deveined. You can even find some that come with the tails removed. The spice level in this dish is kid-friendly; however you can adjust the amount of red pepper flakes to suit your heat level.

INGREDIENTS

• 8 ounces linguine pasta
• 3 tablespoons Olive This! Garlic Olive Oil, divided
• 12-16 ounces shrimp, medium-sized, deveined and peeled
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 can (14 ounces) diced tomato, with liquids
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons Olive Affairs Gourmet Olive Tapenade
• 1/3 cup chopped basil
• sea salt to taste

DIRECTIONS

Put a large pot of water on high heat for your pasta, salt the water if desired.

Cook linguine according to package directions.  Drain the pasta and set aside.

While the pasta is boiling, cook the shrimp. In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the red pepper flakes and the shrimp. Stir frequently and cook the shrimp until opaque, about 4 minutes. Remove shrimp to a plate and set aside. Do not clean skillet; it will be used to prepare your sauce.

While the shrimp is cooking, chop onion and basil.

In the same skillet you used to cook the shrimp, add remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and heat over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add chopped onion, reduce heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes with juices, tomato paste, olive tapenade and stir well.

Let sauce simmer, uncovered, for another 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Add cooked shrimp back to skillet. Stir into sauce and let simmer for 1 minute until heated through. Stir in chopped basil and serve over pasta. Enjoy!

SERVES 4

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