Cajun Seafood Pasta

Step 1

Make the pasta, drain, oil, set aside

Step 2

Use the pasta water to gently boil the seafood, watch for the shrimp to start turning pink. Drain and set aside.

Step 3

Make the sauce:

Step 4

Use one stick of butter to saute the garlic and onion with 1T seasoning.

Step 5

Add tomatoes, the rest of the butter, another 1-2T seasoning, parsley, and a cup or so of pasta/seafood water. Slowly heat to a bubble.

Step 6

Dump the pasta water, save the pot for mixing ...

Step 7

Mix the pasta and the sauce, let it heat up again. Then stir in the seafood to warm up, don't cook it! Add the lemon and a bit more seasoning. Take off the heat.

Step 8

Enjoy!!

If you've never had Prodhomme's Magic Seasonings, this would be a great introduction. You could use something else, but the flavors here match the seafood very nicely. I would try a small can of tomato sauce next time and some more veggies, would yellow squash work with seafood?

Step 9

Add the