Trofie pasta with pumpkin and shrimps
Ready in
60 min
Preparation
30 min
Cooking
30 min
Portions
2 Person
Cost
chip
difficulty
easy
Trofie pasta with pumpkin and shrimps
The trofie pasta with pumpkin and shrimps is a very coveted dish of homemade pasta in restaurants of Salerno, especially on the Amalfi coast and Cilento. The recipe for this tasty main course which, if desired, can also be a unique dish, is really simple and quick to make, as the Cilento people say “n’ora e già stai cu piatto sotto u musso”, that is: just an hour and the dish is ready.
There are no excuses, therefore, trofie pasta with pumpkin and shrimps is a fish dish that can be made by everyone, even the novice and the hasty. So what are you waiting for, this is the good recipe to be a great chef.
Ingredients
- 400 g trofie homemade pasta
- 500g fresh shrimp
- 250g pumpkin
- 50 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 chili pepper
- j.e. salt and pepper
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Directions
Remove the skin from the pumpkin and grate it coarsely
Wash, peel and remove the string from the shrimps, but leave a dozen whole for the decoration of the dish
Boil the water for the pasta, then, in a large pan, fry the minced garlic, the chilli and a pinch of pepper
Add a handful of chopped parsley, put the shrimp in the pan and cook for 2 minutes, skipping them often
Remove the shrimp from the pan and put the pumpkin, lightly salt and cook for 5 minutes
As soon as the water boils, drop the trofie and add salt to the water
Put the shrimps in the pumpkin, sauté a couple of times and add a ladle of cooking water and mix with a spoon
Drain the trofie al dente, keep the cooking water, if necessary it should be used and put it in the pan with pumpkin and shrimps
Sauté the pasta a couple of times so that it tastes well, then turn off and serve.
Decorate the dish with some whole shrimp and chopped parsley
Consigli
- For an excellent result, the pasta at the end of cooking must not be soupy nor dry.
Conservazione
Trofie with pumpkin and shrimp can be kept in the fridge for one day.
Attrezzatura
- Cooker
- Pot
- Cooking pan
- Colander
- Spoon
- Skimmer
- Grater
- Carving Knife
- 2 bowls
- Chopping board
Tips
- For an excellent result, the pasta at the end of cooking must not be soupy nor dry.
- This pasta goes well with homemade trofie but if you do not have it you can use paccheri or scialatielli.
Storage
Trofie with pumpkin and shrimp can be kept in the fridge for one day.
Equipments
- Cooker
- Pot
- Cooking pan
- Colander
- Spoon
- Skimmer
- Grater
- Carving Knife
- 2 bowls
- Chopping board
