There is just something about Ellie’s recipes that make them super easy and very adaptable. Is it the ingredients? Well, yeah, but it’s not so much what they are but how you can so easily change them to fit your own tastes.
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Shrimp fra diavlo with Spinach
There are really only 4 REAL ingredients – shrimp, fresh spinach, tomatoes, and pasta. There are, of course, basic flavor additives – oregano, pepper flakes, white wine, etc. Even though Ellie gives measurements if you decrease or increase one or two of any ingredients it still comes out perfectly. I left out the pepper flakes, added a little extra water when the sauce got a little too thick, and decreased the onion by just a smidgeon. It still came out perfectly. Perfectly delicious.
While Ellie adds the pasta to the sauce and tosses it I chose to simply serve it OVER the pasta. Just as good.
This week Jennifer of The Rookie Baker chose this wonderful pasta dish for us the ‘share’. Thanks, Jennifer, it was a great dish.
Visit the other members of Craving Ellie in My Belly and see how they enjoyed this dish.
August 5, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Ooh, I just love that close-up shot in the beginning of your post! And wonderful idea, serving the shrimp and sauce over the pasta. When I tossed all my ingredients together, the sauce stayed on the bottom of the skillet. Your method would have worked better. Looks awesome!
August 5, 2010 at 9:58 AM
That is a great shot! I served mine over the pasta too. Not sure why, I just did. It was delicious. We loved this!
August 5, 2010 at 11:14 AM
I absolutely love Ellie’s recipes. I feel like she really tests them well and they always work out. This one looks perfect!
August 5, 2010 at 12:35 PM
It is interesting how each person did something different to the recipe and it looks different on each blog. You, for sure, have a winner.
August 5, 2010 at 1:57 PM
I have made and really enjoyed this in the past. I didn’t get to it this week, but yours looks incredible.
August 5, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Your photos are incredible! So glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for cooking with me this week!
August 5, 2010 at 10:07 PM
I am drooling over that photo! Thanks for sharing a great version of one of my favorite dishes with Presto Pasta Nights.
August 6, 2010 at 6:55 AM
Great shot! It was a good dish filled with all sorts of yummy ingredients. We enjoyed it although a little more heat would have been nice.
August 7, 2010 at 2:08 AM
I love shrimps. Very unusual combination with the spinach.
August 7, 2010 at 4:02 PM
What great photos! Really makes me want to make this and eat it even more.
August 9, 2010 at 7:16 AM
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it looks wonderful and I am just reminded that I am behind on this one…took a little more to get the swimmer out of town than I thought but I should get to it in the next day or two and double a post this week on it as it just all looks exactly like my kind of dish and I know I can reduce it to fit just me here b/c Ellie’s recipes are easy to do that with usually. Yours looks marvelous.