Calling all spice, cheese, and shrimp lovers! This Jamaican Shrimp Rasta Pasta is a mouth-watering celebration of Caribbean colors and flavors. It can be made in 30 minutes and served as lunch or dinner.
Marinate shrimp with 2 tablespoon of jerk sauce and ¼ teaspoon of adobo. Refrigerate for 10 minutes or while you prepare the pasta.
Boil salted water in a saucepan. Once the water has boiled add 350g of penne pasta and cook for 10-12 minutes. When the pasta is ready drain and set aside to add to the Rasta pasta sauce later.
While the pasta cooks heat a splash of oil in a pan. Then, add shrimps and cook on both sides for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the pot and set shrimp aside for later.
Next, add 2-3 chopped garlic cloves, ½ a chopped red bell pepper, ½ a yellow red bell pepper, ½ a green bell pepper, and spring onions/green onions/scallions to the same saucepan that the shrimp was cooked in. Make sure you leave all the shrimp juices in the saucepan for more flavour. Then stir and cook for a 2-3 minutes or until fragrant.
Pour 3 cups of double cream into the saucepan. Then add ½ teaspoon of adobo, 1 tablespoon of jerk sauce, 2 teaspoon of paprika, ¼ teaspoon of onion powder, ¼ garlic powder and stir on a low heat for 5 mins while it thickens.
Once the sauce has thickened add ½ a cup of mozzarella, ½ cup of parmesan, ½ a cup of cheddar and stir.
Add 350g of the cooked penne pasta, jerk shrimp, and stir. Leave the Rasta pasta to cook on a low heat for a few more minutes and serve!
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Shrimp/Prawns: I used fresh large shrimp for this recipe and cleaned and deveined it before cooking. You can also use frozen shrimp for this recipe but make sure you allow it to thaw before cooking. You can do this by soaking shrimps in warm water for about 10 minutes or until they become soft.