Making scampi pasta with Crossroads Culinary

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - Crossroads Culinary is a full mobile kitchen with capability of creating almost any dish we desire.

They’re generally located at the Handy Pantry, located at 1401 Dallas Cherryville Hwy., every Tuesday.

On Thursday, they were outside of our QC Morning studio to show us how to make their scampi pasta.

Here’s what you need to make it at home!

Ingredients:

7 oz. butter sauce by volume (recipe below)
1 cup or 2 sticks of unsalted butter
4 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp grated fine parmesan cheese
1 tsp granulated garlic
Spinach leaves (optional)
4 garlic cloves, finely minced
3 oz by volume of white wine (Sauvignon Blanc)
2 tbsp. chives cut on a bias
12 cherry tomatoes cut in half
Kosher salt to taste
1 tsp. smoked paprika
2 Tsp. red pepper flakes, more if you like spicy
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
30 large peeled and deveined shrimp
Dash of parsley, chopped
1.5 oz by volume of fresh squeezed lemon juice
Fresh fettuccine or capellini pasta
2 slices from a French baguette cut on a hard bias
Shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese aged to at least one year or a parmesan of your choice

Butter sauce instructions:

Heat a small saucepan to medium-high heat
Add 7 oz. unsalted butter, red pepper flakes and cook until butter is melted, about 45 seconds
Remove from heat and set aside
Stir in the grated fine parmesan cheese.

Pasta dough ingredients:

Instructions:

Create a well with flour and add the eggs and olive oil to the middle
Bring together with a fork, and mix with hands for six minutes
Cover with wrap and let rest for 30 minutes
Add a touch of salt if desired
Roll out or use a pasta press and cut to the desired width and length of fettuccine or capellini

Toasted baguette instructions:

Heat a pan on high heat
Add 1 tbsp butter to melt then put the slice of baguette on one side to coat and then turn over and coat the other side with the butter
Turn over the bread, season both sides with salt and pepper and granulated garlic until the desired toastiness

Method:

Prepare a large pasta pan with 1tbsp salt and 10 cups water to a rolling boil
Preheat a 12-inch nonstick pan on medium to high heat
Melt 1 tbsp of butter season with salt and pepper to taste, a sprinkle of granulated garlic and toast both sides of the baguette slices and set aside once done to your likeness
Put fresh pasta into the rolling boil pan, gently stir the water and allow to cook for two to three minutes. When done, drain into a strainer and coat with tbsp of olive oil. If using dried pasta allow 11 minutes
While the pasta is cooking, in the 10-inch pan, add 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp butter
After the butter melts, immediately add shrimp, and smoked paprika, and then add the wine. Sauté until shrimp is 145 degrees F. At the end toss in cherry tomatoes and garlic
Toss in the pasta, lemon juice, chives and pour in the butter sauce, toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to your taste and remove from heat
Place the shrimp pasta onto a plate and dress with a pinch of parsley and several parmesan shavings, and a toasted baguette slice on the side

They’re generally located at the Handy Pantry, located at 1401 Dallas Cherryville Hwy., every Tuesday.