Pasta with Pesto, Shrimp and Sweet 100's

The wives in our group of friends started a recipe exchange this Spring. We use a Yahoo! Group to email recipe's weekly. Each person in the group takes a week and sends out 3 recipes. Over the past few months, I have added some great new recipes to my recipe box.

A couple of weeks ago, our friend Jennifer sent out this recipe. The same week, Ryan and I had dinner with her and her husband where she prepared this dish. It was really yummy so I tried it myself and it turned out great.

Pasta with Pesto, Shrimp and Sweet 100's
from Bride & Groom First and Forever Cookbook
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper
8 oz. Angel hair pasta
1 tbsp. Olive oil
8 oz. Large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tsp. Minced garlic
½ cup Pesto
1 cup halved sweet 100s or cherry tomatoes
Grated parmesan, preferably parmigiano-reggiano
Lemon wedges for garnishing

Fill a large saucepan ¾ full of water. Bring to a boil over high heat and add kosher salt. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until barely tender, about 4 minutes. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking water.

Heat olive oil in same pan over medium heat. Add shrimp and cook about 1 min. Turn shrimp over, add garlic.
Continue cooking about 1 min. more. Add reserved cooking water and pesto and stir until mixed.
Add pasta and tomatoes, toss to combine. Season with kosher salt and pepper to taste. Divide the pasta btw. 2 plates and top with cheese. Garnish each with lemon wedge. Serve.