Italian Fish Recipes - Shrimp Italian

Ingredients

• 8 ounces fresh or frozen cooked, peeled, and deveined medium shrimp

• 1/2 cup chopped onion

• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

• 1 10 3/4-ounce can condensed cream of shrimp or cream of mushroom soup

• 2/3 cup half-and-half or light cream

• 1 4-ounce can (drained weight) sliced mushrooms, drained

• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning, crushed

• 4 ounces dried penne or gemelli pasta (about 1 cup), cooked and drained

• 3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

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Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Thaw shrimp, if frozen. Rinse shrimp; pat dry with paper towels. In a medium saucepan cook onion in hot butter until tender.

2. Stir in shrimp, cream of shrimp soup, half-and-half, mushrooms, the 1/3 cup  Parmesan cheese, and the Italian seasoning. Stir in cooked pasta.

3. Spoon into a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Sprinkle with the 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.

4. Bake about 40 minutes or until heated through.