Ingredients
Method
Cook shrimp and sausage
- Toss shrimp with salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning and Oregano, and coat well.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil.
- Add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes. Flip shrimp over and cook another minute or two. Then remove to a plate and set aside.
- Drizzle pan with a little more olive oil, add sausage and brown until nicely caramelized, about 4 - 5 minutes.
- Remove to plate, set aside. The same skillet will be used for making sauce.
Make pasta
- Add pasta to salted boiling water and cook until al dente. Drain, but don't rinse. Set aside.
Make sauce
- Use the same skillet, now empty. Lower heat to medium and add a bit more olive oil to the pan, add the onion, red bell pepper, Cajun seasoning, brown sugar, and a generous pinch of salt.
- Sauté until onion and pepper have softened a bit, scraping up any browned bits that you can.
- Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add crushed tomatoes, chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Bring to a simmer, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, simmer a couple minutes.
Final assembly
- Once simmering, add Parmesan and stir into sauce.
- When Parmesan is blended in, add cooked pasta, and sausage and stir to combine and heat through, 2 - 3 minutes.
- Salt and pepper to taste and then lastly, add shrimp (to avoid over steaming it in sauce).
- Serve with chopped parsley.
Nutrition
Notes
Shrimp: Use large shrimp with tails on.
Pasta Choices: Use fettuccine, tagliatelle, pappardelle, or linguine.
Vegetables : Add green beans, or sauteed mushrooms. Asparagus and Kalamata olives are a nice touch.
Sausage: Andouille or smoked sausage.
