Bavette with Tiger Shrimp

Bavette with tiger shrimp is an excellent option for family dinner.

This dish is also perfect for a romantic dinner as zinc and mineral salts in tiger shrimp wake up your sexual desire.

Bavette is flat pasta made with hard wheat.

This pasta is a good source of carbohydrates and the B vitamins.

Try our recipe for bavette with tiger shrimp.

It’s worth the efforts!

Ingredients for Bavette with Tiger Shrimp

1 lb Bavette
2.2 lb tiger shrimp
6-8 tomatoes
4-5 garlic cloves
1 onion
3-4 parsley stalks
Couple of basil leaves
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt to taste

Recipe for Tiger Shrimp Sauce

• Dip the shrimp into boiling water for a few minutes to make it easier to pull flesh out of shells.
• Peel the shrimp and cut in small pieces.
• Cut onion into thin half-slices.
• Chop garlic finely.
• Wash tomatoes and cut into small pieces.
• Pour olive oil in a frying pan and sauté onion and garlic.
• Add tomatoes and shredded greens – parsley and basil.
• Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes and pour in a glass of white wine. Keep simmering until the wine evaporates.
• Put the shrimp into the sauce, pour in a glass of water and simmer everything together for 5 minutes. The sauce for bavetti is ready.

Recipe for Pasta

• Take a large pot and pour in about 3 liters of water (6 pt).
• Bring the water to a boil, add salt and put bavette into boiling water.
• Stir bavette with a big fork so they don’t stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Cook until al dente. It means pasta should be slightly hard in the middle. Check cooking times on the package. It varies depending on the quality of pasta.
• Use a colander to drain water. Arrange on the plates or on a serving plate and top with the sauce. Serve hot.

Note: If you like spicy food, you can add more of white, red or black pepper.