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Spaghetti with Arugula Pesto and Seared Jumbo Shrimp Recipe

Spaghetti with Arugula Pesto and Seared Jumbo Shrimp

Giada De Laurentiis

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Seafood Delights

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate This RecipeRead users' reviews (66)

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  • on August 06, 2011

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    This recipe is even better when you add a 1/2 cup of toasted almonds.

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  • on December 12, 2010

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    I really enjoyed this basic recipe. I read through the reviews and realized most of you were not doing the number 1 rule of cooking "Taste Your Food!" I wanted to add nuts to my pesto so I did also I added lemon juice as well. I don't know how people are getting bitter arugula but its suppose to be spicy, peppery. Mine was almost to strong so I added more nuts, and therefore added more pasta water. If you taste your sauce before it goes on the pasta you can fix to how you like it.

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  • on November 06, 2010

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    This is a recipe for argula lovers. I have made this before and really enjoyed it.

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  • on October 11, 2010

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    This is an excellent easy recipe. It taste as good as the picture looks. I love it so much I have made it twice with a week with home grown arugala. I added a tablespoon of basil pesto to it which gave it a great flavor and cut down on the sharpness of the arugala. I give this recipe five stars. *****

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  • on October 06, 2010

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    I made it pretty much to a 'T'. It was okay, but I would add a couple more cloves of garlic and a handful of pine nuts to the pesto. Also, make sure that you use enough pasta water to thin the pesto to the right consistency. After reading a few of the other reviews I am wondering if they had done this step or if they used fresh aruluga. I will make this again but with these changes. The lemon at the end really helped with the bitter taste too, may double the amount of zest at the end.

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  • on July 27, 2010

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    Extremely bitter tasting pasta, i couldnt bear it. the shrimp were alright because shrimp are always delicious. Do not try this and suffer the same amount of suffering I did. I am still hunger right now because i could not eat a full meal. thank you

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  • on March 29, 2010

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    I was very excited about the recipe and wanted to try it after the great reviews but boy was I wrong about this one. What I think made me not like it was the Arugla - it gave the dish a bitter taste.There are way too many muscles - I would cut them in half also try to substitute spinach for the arugula. If you did not substitute I think the dish would be too bland. I don't think I will cook this one again.

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  • on February 26, 2010

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    We love most of Giada's recipes, this looked great but we were not a fan of the arugula pesto and we love arugula. Will not be making again, there are to many really, really great recipes that I have made from Giada that we love.

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  • on January 12, 2010

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    This is great and so easy. Be sure to add lemon zest and parsley for the added flavor. I also added 2 cloves of garlic and thought it was the perfect amount.

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  • on February 01, 2009

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    I am a big fan of pesto and have made it with lots of kinds of greens.....but never with arugula. Since a couple of folks mentioned bitterness, I tasted mine before making this, and it was delicious - not a bit bitter. I used 2 large cloves of garlic and about 2 T. toasted walnuts and dumped everything into the processor, including the cheese, after the arugula was chopped up. Worked just fine and made less mess. I put this pesto into a bowl and zested a small lemon directly into the bowl. I couldn't afford jumbo shrimp, so I got smaller ones. I sauteed them in a frying pan and mixed them with the pesto in the bowl. Then, I added the pasta (multi-grain to the bowl and tossed it, and it was just delicious. I didn't really need the cooking liquid but used a little just in case. Easy and with lots and lots of good flavor. Truly yum!

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