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Baked Three-Cheese Pasta with Parsley Pesto and Shrimp
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    • This triple cheese dish is hearty, flavorful and comforting, all in one grown-up package.

    Ingredients

    Serves:

      • 12 ounces cavatappi
      • 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
      • 4 tablespoons butter, divided
      • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
      • 2 cups milk, heated
      • fine sea salt
      • freshly ground white pepper
      • 1/2 teaspoon hot paprika
      • 1 cup grated Fontina
      • 1 cup grated Gruyère
      • 1 cup grated Parmesan plus 1/4 cup for topping
      • 1/4 cup parsley pesto, recipe follows
      • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
      • chopped parsley, for garnish

    Directions

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

    Cook cavatappi according to package directions in liberally salted water. Cut shrimp into bite-size chunks.

    Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until thick roux forms, about 2 minutes. Whisk in hot milk and cook, constantly whisking, until thickened, about 4 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and paprika. Mix in cheeses and pesto. Combine with cooked pasta and shrimp.

    Spread mixture in a 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle top with breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Melt remaining butter and drizzle over top. Bake for 30 minutes until bubbling. To brown top, set under broiler for no more than 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped parsley.

    Parsley Pesto

    1 bunch parsley, stems removed

    1/2 cup walnuts

    1/2 cup olive oil

    coarse sea salt

    Add parsley and walnuts to a food processor and pulse until thoroughly combined. Drizzle in oil and process until smooth. Season with salt. Leftover pesto can be stored in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month or frozen in a resealable plastic bag. Yield: 1 cup.

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    allenmckinney

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    December 03 2011 at 10:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    HaffNelson

    This was delicious...especially the next day. It got a little dry but reheated after adding a touch of water and it was so good. My husband loved it! The fontina cheese is very soft and hard to grate. I put it in the freezer a few hours before I was ready to make it, to make grating easier.

    November 06 2011 at 3:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    mjfremb

    can't wait to try the dish

    November 02 2011 at 3:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Consigliere46

    The shrimp is combined with the pasta and then baked for half an hour. It's in the directions.

    October 24 2011 at 3:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Nancy

    I just LOVE when recipes are incomplete. At some point I imagine you COOK the shrimp but the recipe doesn't say. Only goes from peeled and deveined to cut in bite size pieces to putting the cooked pasted and shrimp into mixture.

    October 24 2011 at 6:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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    Nancy

    or do you put the raw shrimp in with the cooked pasta?

    October 24 2011 at 6:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Jery Hay

    What is cavatappi? This dish looks delicious and fairly easy. Thanks for this site.

    October 24 2011 at 1:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Bridgette

    mkole10171 - never claimed to be a health conscious recipe... even at that other than the cheese, ,, n carbs from pasta - there are far worse evils when it comes to food recipes.. Im gonna try this! Nice spin on the ole nasty mac n hotdogs!

    October 23 2011 at 10:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    pnb6813

    in the fresh veggie section of your grocer, fresh parsley is tied in a bunch

    October 23 2011 at 9:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Carol

    I love when they say a bunch of parsley, how much exactly is a bunch?

    October 23 2011 at 7:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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