Low Fodmap Shrimp Alfredo Sauce
A low fodmap shrimp sauce for pasta or risotto
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2-3 cloves fresh garlic, sliced or chopped
- 2 Tbsp. Fresh Italian parsley, chopped
- 1 lb. Shrimp, uncooked and in the shell.
- Shells from Shrimp
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 2-4 tbsp butter or vegan butter or solid coconut oil
- 1/2 cup almond coconut milk (optional)
- 1 lb GF thin pasta
- Grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Directions:After cleaning the shrimp and saving the shells for stock, in a 1 qt saucepan simmer the shrimp shells in 1½ cups of water for 10 minutes. Strain and reserve fish stock for sauc In a 2 qt saucepan, heat oil on medium-high heat.Now, sauté the garlic stirring constantly until it has flavored the oil well but is not brown. Add the peeled shrimp, keeping the heat on medium high and continuing to stir constantly until they turn pink and firm. I hate underdone shrimp. After you add them to the sauce they soften up anyway.Add parsley and stir into the sauce. Add shrimp stock and bring sauce to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 5 minutes. If sauce seems too thin, add 1/2 cup almond coconut milk and more parmesan for a more authentic Alfredo. Stir in the milk at the end of adding all ingredients. If the milk makes the sauce too thin, thicken it up with more grated parmesan cheese, I myself only add more salted butter. I always add butter and it does thicken the sauce and add flavor. The French had a phrase "Mettre dans au beure" that translated means "put in the butter," probably because butter makes everything taste better. Sadly it also makes people plumper, so add only after jogging for several hours or if you have starved for several days beforehand. I'm just sayin.... Turn off heat and set aside while you boil your pasta. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a tbsp, of salt and 1 lb. of thin GF spaghetti. Boil 8 minutes, test pasta for doneness, and strain in a colander. I like to rinse my GF pasta with cold water. It tastes more like regular pasta after rinsing it. Pour pasta back into the pot and add a few ladles of shrimp sauce. Toss the pasta until it is all coated with sauce. Add more sauce if needed. In a soup bowl place a thin layer of pasta and then a ladle of shrimp Alfredo sauce. Continue with layers and sauce until the bowl is filled nicely. One lb. of pasta with shrimp sauce serves 4 - 6 people . It also makes a wonderful sauce for risotto. Just place the risotto in a soup bowl and ladle a nice portion of sauce over it. Sprinkle with a good parmesan cheese.
