Shrimp, Avocado and Olive Pasta
Total time: 25 minutes
This is a simple pasta dish. Without a proper 'sauce' all of the individual tastes come through clearly, creating a symphony of well-balanced, fresh, savory flavors.
Ingredients:
- 10oz (300gr) cleaned shrimp
- 4 green garlic, sliced, app 1/2 cup, (1.5oz, 45gr) substitute 4 green onion and 1 clove garlic
- 1/3 cup Greek olives (1.5oz, 45gr, 12 - 15 olives)
- 1/3 cup green olives (1.5oz, 45gr, 12 - 15 olives)
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced (3oz, 90gr)
- 1 tbs fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbs capers
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 avocado (6oz, 180gr)
- 1 tbs fresh basil
- 1 1/4 cup pasta - (4.2oz, 120gr)
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package directions
- Trim and thickly slice green garlic, using as much green top as possible or slice green onion and mince garlic.
- Slice olives in half or thirds.
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
- Snip basil.
- Remove avocado from shell and cut into large cubes.
- Heat 1 tbs oil in a large, nonstick skillet.
- Add green garlic (or onion and garlic) and sauté briefly.
- Add shrimp and sauté until cooked through (they will turn opaque).
- Add remaining 1 tbs oil, lemon juice, capers, olives, and tomatoes. Cook, stirring, until tomatoes just start to get soft.
- Add pasta, stir well to combine and heat through.
- Add avocado, basil and serve.