Basil Sauce with Sauteed Shrimp

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1995

With minimal work clams, tuna, mussels, and shrimp can be turned into quick sauces for pasta.

SERVES Enough for 1 pound of pasta

TIME 20 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It took very little work to turn shrimp into a quick pasta sauce. For our basil and shrimp pasta sauce recipe, we simply sautéed shrimp and then tossed them with pesto (minus the cheese), before tossing with linguine or spaghetti.

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