Spaghetti with shrimps is one of my children's favourite dishes. We really like holidays in places where seafood is the main ingredient on the menu. Grilled squids, grilled shrimps, shrimps in sauce, octopus with vegetables – every dish in the south of Europe is cheaper than in Poland, and they are all so fresh that ordering anything else is a sin (as long as you like this kind of food, obviously). When we get back home we are disappointed to see the prohibitive prices of seafood dishes. What a pity that our sea doesn't abound in shrimps and octopuses like the sea in the south of Europe. It is good that at least we can eat fresh fish when on holiday at the Polish seaside.

I think it is because of the price that spaghetti with shrimps is a special dish in my home. This time, to make a more extraordinary meal, I cooked black pasta stained with squid ink. It is an excellent base for shrimps, fresh green parsley and chili-garlic sauce.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
500g of cooked shrimps
4 cloves of garlic
1 chili pepper
100g of butter
150ml of dry white wine
a bunch of parsley
400g of spaghetti
50g of Parmesan
lemon
salt and pepper

If you have frozen shrimps, take them out of the freezer and defrost them. Boil the pasta so it is al dente. Slice the garlic and dice the chili pepper. Melt the butter in a pan, add the garlic, chili pepper and fry it for a while. Pour the wine in and boil at a low heat for 5 minutes. Add the shrimps and boil for 3-4 minutes. Spice it up with salt and pepper, turn off the heat and add the minced parsley. Mix the shrimps in with the pasta. If you like, sprinkle the dish with lemon juice and parmesan and decorate with parsley leaves.

Enjoy your meal!

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