Shrimp Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (16 ounce) package farfalle pasta
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup wine or 1/3 cup chicken broth
• 2 3/4 cups half-and-half cream
• 1/2 cup clam juice
• 1 tablespoon seafood cocktail sauce (or ketchup)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 lb uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
• 3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 graese 3-quart casserole.
• 3 cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
• 4 melt butter in 2 quart saucepan over medium heat.
• 5 cook garlic in butter 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 6 stir in flour.
• 7 cook, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until smooth and bubbly.
• 8 stir in wine or chicken broth.
• 9 stir in half and half, clam juice, cocktail sauce, salt and cayenne.
• 10 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• 11 stir in shrimp, dill weed and 1/4 cup of the cheese.
• 12 stir shrimp mixture into pasta, pour into casserole.
• 13 sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• 14 baked uncovered 35 to 40 minutes or until light brown and hot.