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Hot Mama Pasta (adapted from Sammy's Grill recipe)
Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

2 lbs dry penne noodles
1/2 quart heavy cream
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 lb. smoked sausage (cut in half moons)
1 lb. shrimp (peeled & deveined)
1/2 lb. crawfish tails (rinsed & drained) OPTIONAL
1 cup Button mushrooms (sliced)
1 bunch green onions (sliced)
1/4 cup blackened season I love this level of heat but its not for everyone, adjust to your taste
3 Tbl. minced garlic
1 cup trinity (trinity makes everything better)


Instructions:

1. Pre-cook pasta. Drain, coat with oil
2. Put cream, blackened season in sauce pot. Reduce by half. Add cheese to thicken.
3. Saute all other ingredients. Add to cream sauce.
4. Toss with noodles.
5. Garnish with cheese, green onions.


Personal preference but I add several steps to this instead of throwing everything in the pot to sauté.
I brown the sausage first and remove so that I can use the fat to brown my mushrooms. Sauté the mushrooms, depending on the size of the pan this can take more than one batch. Don't crowd the mushrooms...for some reason this repeats monotonously over and over again in my head...creepy right. At this point I add the trinity and green onions, sauté until onions are clear. Add the shrimp and garlic, sauté until shrimp are just turning pink. Add crawfish, sauté just until heated through (don't overheat crawfish..remember they have already been cooked). Continue with recipe.

The family LOVES this

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