Italian
Paccheri with Shrimp Cream
by Federico Fusca Chef · 332K subscribers on YouTube
A creamy, risotto-style pasta dish with shrimp, made without cream. The stock is prepared from shrimp heads and carapaces, vegetables, and cherry tomatoes, then used to cook the paccheri directly. Finished with butter and topped with shrimp tartare.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
13 items- ScampiHeads and carapaces used for stock, tails reserved for tartare
- Celery
- Carrot
- Onion
- Cherry TomatoCut in half
- Parsley
- Extra Virgin Olive OilAbundant
- 2 lWaterCold
- SaltA pinch
- PaccheriUsed directly from raw, risotto-style
- Pepper
- LemonJuice
- Salted ButterFor mantecatura
Method
- Clean the shrimp: remove heads, carapace, and intestinal vein.
- Prepare a mirepoix: finely chop celery, carrot, and onion.
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
- In a pot with plenty of extra virgin olive oil, sauté the mirepoix and tomatoes until golden brown.
- Add parsley, shrimp heads, and carapaces. Sauté briefly.
- Add 2 liters of cold water and a pinch of salt. Cook for half an hour.
- Blend everything until smooth, then pass through a fine-mesh sieve to obtain a bisque.
- Use the bisque to cook the paccheri directly from raw (risotto-style), stirring until creamy.
- Meanwhile, season the shrimp tails with salt, pepper, oil, and lemon.
- When the paccheri are cooked, mantecate with salted butter.
- Plate the paccheri with their cream and top with shrimp tartare.
Federico Fusca Chef
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