Pasta alle Sorelle!

Literally translated: Pasta on the Sisters! Last night our parents were going out to dinner with some friends and seeing as neither Olivia or I had plans for the night we decided to have a sister night! This included cooking our own WONDERFUL penne using a recipe from the blog http://thepioneerwoman.com/-I love her blog, her food is really good!- and sitting down to old episodes of Friends and Scrubs.

Here are the ingredients (from the pioneer woman’s blog) with our own pictures!!

Ingredients
• ¾ pounds Penne Pasta
• 1 pound Shrimp
• 3 Tablespoons Butter
• 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1 whole Onion (small)
• 2 cloves Garlic
• ½ cups White Wine (we used chicken broth)
• 1 can Tomato Sauce (8 Oz)
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• Fresh Parsley (for the Taste)
• Fresh Basil (for the Taste
• Salt
• Pepper


Preparation Instructions:

First start to cook the pasta, cook until good and tender-firm.

Wash the shrimp, add 1 teaspoon of butter and 1 teaspoon olive oil in the skillet. Add the shrimp and cook for a few minutes until they turn opaque. After done cooking put them on a cutting board and cut them into BITEsize pieces.

Then dice the onion and mince the garlic.

In another skillet add 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Then add the garlic and onion, let them sauté of a while. Then pour in the wine or chicken broth and let in evaporate a little.

Now add the tomato sauce, stirring to combine.

Then the cup of heavy cream, keep on stirring… you’re almost there! Turn the heat to low and set aside.

Ok now turn to your herbs and get ready to chop! About a tablespoon of chopped parsley ....

and another tablespoon of basil.

So now you add the shrimp to the tomato cream sauce, give it a good stir and check to see if you need to add salt or pepper for flavor.

Add the herbs and your tomato sauce COMPLETE!!!

Finally add the sauce to the penne...

stir it in and finito! ummm mama mia che buono!

Sprinkel some extra parsley on top and you are ready to rumba!