Did you think I wasn’t going to post today? The weekend has really gotten away from me; yet again. So many things to do and no time to do it all. I spent most of the morning making breakfast and meal prepping for dinner and the week. And then I convinced my husband to “help” me build a bed frame; with two bottom drawers; at my dad’s house. (We need some good karma – so far the last three months we have had nothing but terrible luck) So I basically handed him the pieces he asked for and held the other end of whatever needed to be held. It took “us” three hours I figured if I had to do it by myself it would have taken me ALL day at least I’d hope it would be just one day; the instructions had 26 steps ugh!
I planned on trying two new recipes this last week, I ended up only getting to one of them; the whole time vs. life thingy; but it was so easy and really delicious, it also re-heated quit nicely and it is totally worth sharing with you all. I am looking forward to making the other dish; wine braised chicken.

Ingredients

Kosher salt
1 lb. dried linguine
1 lemon
2 lb. extra-large (26 to 30 per pound) shrimp, peeled and deveined
Freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbs unsalted butter
3 medium cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio
8 ounce mascarpone cheese
2 Tbs thinly sliced chives or scallions

Directions

Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Cook the linguine in the boiling water according to package directions until al dente. Reserve about 3/4 cup of the cooking water and then drain the pasta.

finely grate 1-1/4 tsp. of zest from the lemon and squeeze 2 Tbs. of juice. Toss the shrimp with 1/2 tsp. of the zest and 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper.

In a 12-inch skillet, melt the butter over medium heat until the foam subsides. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until the garlic just begins to brown, about 1 minute. Add the shrimp and cook until just opaque, about 3 minutes. Add the wine and lemon juice, bring to a boil, and cook until slightly reduced, 1 minute.

Add the drained pasta, mascarpone, and 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Toss well, adding more cooking water as needed, until the pasta and shrimp are coated and the sauce looks creamy. Remove from the heat. Toss in the remaining 3/4 tsp. lemon zest and the chives. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve

Another excellent recipe adapted from Fine Cooking