Tasty Tuesday - Carrabba's Pasta Rambo

I came across this recipe a few months ago.  The first time I made it - it was love at 1st bite.  Such a great recipe!  It tastes just like Carrabba's Pasta Rambo!

Ingredients

• 12 tbsp cold unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp yellow onion, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1lb linguine
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 10 oz sliced white mushrooms
• 1lb medium shrimp, peeled, de-veined
• 1 cup spinach leaves, stemmed, washed, chopped
• 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• salt and pepper to taste
• Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

1. For lemon sauce, melt one tablespoon butter in a skillet on medium. Stir in 2 tablespoons onion and 2 garlic cloves minced and let it cook for about 3 minutes. Add 1/3 cup wine and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Cook until liquid reduces to two tablespoons, 3 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Whisk in remaining 11 tablespoons of butter one piece at a time. The butter should soften into an emulsified sauce in 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat. *Sauce can be stored at room temperature for up to two hours.
2. Cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente.
3. Heat one tablespoon oil in skillet on medium-high. Stir in mushrooms, 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Heat remaining oil in skillet. Stir shrimp until barely opaque around edges, 1-1/2 minutes. Stir in chopped spinach, 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, 1 minute. Return mushrooms to pan. Stir in lemon sauce and basil. Reduce heat to low. Stir sauce 30 seconds. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Drain pasta; return to pot. Stir in sauce. Serve with Parmesan and fresh basil.

All In All:  This recipe is so delicious.  If you are not a seafood eater, you can substitute the shrimp for chicken and it will taste just as good!  I warn you though, once you make this recipe you will always want more of it!

Recipe from Katie's Cucina