Shelly's Recipe

MARDI GRAS PASTA

Category: Pasta - Seafood

1/2 cup butter
3 tbsp chopped green onions
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup diced andouille sausages
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup sauteed crabmeat or crawfish
1/2 oz dry white wine
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup mixed bell peppers (red, green, yellow)
1/2 cup chipped cold butter, divided use
1 tbsp chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
3 cups cooked fettuccine

In a Dutch oven, melt 1/4 lb butter over med-high heat. Add green onions, mushrooms and andouille. Sauté 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and tomatoes and continue to sauté for 3 minutes. Add shrimp and crab meat or crawfish cooking for 2 additional minutes.

Deglaze pan with white wine and lemon juice and cook until volume of liquid is reduced to half. Add heavy whipping cream and, stirring constantly, reduce until cream is thick and of a sauce like consistency, approximately 5 minutes. Add diced bell pepper and chipped butter, 2-3 pats at a time, swirling pan constantly over burner. Do not stir with a spoon. Continue adding butter until all is incorporated. Remove from heat, add parsley and season to taste using salt and pepper. Gently fold in cooked fettuccine and serve. This is also good served cold as a pasta salad. Serves 6