Shaun Cooks! Penne with Shrimp, Fresh Tomato and Chorizo

A new seller at the St. Norbert Farmers Market is making pasta this year and I found penne flavoured with keylime and chili.  I left it up to Shaun to create a sauce to marry with this unusually flavoured pasta!  He cooked fresh tomato, sweet white onion and chorizo down with a spash of white wine to create a base for shrimp.  The light sauce lets the subtly flavoured pasta shine through!

Penne with Shrimp, Fresh Tomato and Chorizo
Serves 2

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
1 sweet white onion, minced
1/4 cup thin sliced pre-cooked deli chorizo, minced
1/2 cup white wine
2 large ripe tomatoes, peeled and diced
18 raw shrimp
small handfull basil leaves, shredded

Directions

1. Start a large pot of water to boil for pasta.
2. Begin by dicing garlic and a sweet white onion. Toss them in a pan with olive oil and saute over medium heat until almost translucent.
3. Finely mince a handful of pre-cooked deli chorizo and add to the onions and garlic.
4. Cook this over medium heat until the vegetables were begin to caramelize and the chorizo is starting to crisp. Add wine to pan and deglaze.
5. While the wine reduces, blanch two very ripe farmers market tomatoes in the awaiting pasta water, and peel off their skins. Roughly chop and add to pan.
6. Add pasta to pot and boil to desired tenderness.
7. When the tomatoes have broken down but are still chunky add shrimp and shredded basil to the sauce.
8. Toss pasta with sauce and serve!