Instructions

Pasta:

1. Boil salted water for pasta. Break pasta in half and cook in a rolling boil.
2. Cook pasta for 4 servings. Drain.

Tomato Sauce:

1. In saucepan heat generous amount of oil.
2. Sautee tomatoes stirring occasionally.
3. Add garlic.
4. Add basil.
5. Add red wine.
6. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7. Sprinkle with pine nuts.
8. When shrimp has finished cooking, infuse with butter and disperse through sauce.
9. Add cooked shrimp and stir.
10. Garnish with pine nuts and basil.

Shrimp:

1. In separate saucepan generously add olive oil and heat.
2. Add prepared shrimp.
3. To prepare, first shell the shrimp leaving the tail attached. Next insert a knife or kitchen shears about 3/4 of the way into the shrimp at the head region. Cut almost all the way through the flesh, down the center of the shrimp’s back and to the tail. Use your hands to open the flesh of the shrimp until it lies flat. Remove the vein with your fingers or the tip of a knife. Hold the shrimp under cold running water to rinse thoroughly.
4. Sautee shrimp.
5. While cooking, season with salt, pepper and basil.
6. Add sherry wine.
7. Stir routinely. Shrimp is ready when they start to curl and turn translucent in color.