Butter-Me-Up Scampi Bucatini

Name: Butter-Me-Up Scampi Bucatini
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 454 grams bucatini pasta; 1 stick butter; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 237 milliliters flat-leaf parsley, loosely packed; 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 2 lemons, 1 sliced and 1 juiced; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 6 servings Salt; 1 Tbsp seafood seasoning (recommended: Old Bay); 680 grams shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails off; 118 milliliters white wine or white vermouth

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Butter-Me-Up Scampi Bucatini a try. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 609 calories, 34g of protein, and 23g of fat. If you have flat-leaf parsley, salt, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat.

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Add the pasta and cook to just-shy of al dente.

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Pasta

Remove and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water.

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Add the shrimp, the seafood seasoning and 1 sliced lemon to a medium bowl and toss to coat. Reserve.

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Shrimp

Lemon

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Bowl

Over low heat melt the butter in small pot, then stir in the garlic and red pepper flakes.

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Garlic

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Let cook and bubble gently for 10 minutes. Chop the parsley and set aside.

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Heat large skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat

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Add the fennel seeds and the shrimp with the lemon slices. Cook until the shrimp are pink, about 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the white wine or vermouth and the juice of 1 lemon.

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White Wine

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Lemon

Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with parsley before serving.

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Drain the pasta.

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Add the pasta, reserved cooking water and butter to a pasta bowl and toss until the liquids are absorbed by the pasta, about 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve.

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