Roasted Garlic Shrimp Pasta

If you have never roasted garlic before you are in for a surprise. When garlic is roasted, it becomes soft and creamy with a mildly sweet taste. So don't let the amount of garlic scare you! It's one of my husband's favorite pasta dishes now!

4 Heads Garlic, roasted

(For the roasted garlic: cut the bottoms off the garlic heads, wrap in foil and roast in a 400 degree oven for one hour. Let cool. Squeeze out the garlic pulp from the skin into a bowl. Mash with a fork.)

6 TBLSP Olive oil

1 tsp Red Pepper flakes

4 Cloves Garlic, chopped

2 tsp Dried Basil

2 tsp Dried Oregano

1/2 tsp Salt
Generous grinding of fresh Black Pepper

12 Shrimp, cleaned and deveined

1 lb Cooked pasta

Drizzle of Lemon

In a large deep pan heat the oil over medium heat, add the red pepper flakes, chopped garlic, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Add the shrimp and cook through (about 3 minutes per side).

Remove the shrimp and set aside leaving the oil in the pan. Add the roasted garlic to the pan and mix with the oil until combined (a minute or two). Add the cooked pasta to the pan along with the shrimp. Mix and serve drizzled with lemon juice.