Ree Drummond’s ‘Incredible’ 25-Minute Creamy Shrimp and Gnocchi
Make a restaurant-worthy pasta dish with Ree Drummond’s creamy shrimp and gnocchi. One of many Pioneer Woman shrimp dishes, this one takes only 25 minutes to make.
Ree Drummond’s creamy shrimp and gnocchi combines shrimp and pasta with a cheesy, lemony sauce
Drummond’s creamy shrimp and gnocchi is just that, a creamy concoction of shrimp and gnocchi. Per the Pioneer Woman’s Food Network recipe instructions, she tosses the two in a savory sauce.
To start the Super Easy cookbook author deglazes a skillet with white wine being sure the scrape up all the bits on the bottom. Then she adds heavy cream to the pan, which happens to be one of her three can’t-cook-without ingredients.
After the heavy cream comes mascarpone cheese for even more richness followed by pesto, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Once it’s thickened after simmering for a few minutes Drummond continues on with the next steps in her creamy shrimp and gnocchi recipe. And 25 minutes later she has a creamy, lemony, cheesy shrimp pasta dish.
The Pioneer Woman uses gnocchi and shrimp shortcuts
Drummond often uses shortcuts in her dishes and this one is no exception. There are two shortcuts in Drummond’s shrimp and gnocchi recipe.
The first has to do with the shrimp. She doesn’t spend time thawing it out. Instead, Drummond pulls it straight out of the freezer. After all, the recipe is part of the “From the Freezer” episode of The Pioneer Woman.
As stated in the recipe instructions, the Food Network star rinses the shrimp to help separate them. A good shake to get rid of any excess water and they’re ready to go. So don’t worry about having to remember to unthaw them because it isn’t required.
In addition to using storebought frozen shrimp, Drummond uses storebought gnocchi — a shortcut she’s used before in a chorizo pasta dish — instead of making it from scratch.
The dish is a 5-star Food Network recipe
Reviewers enjoy Drummond’s creamy shrimp and gnocchi so much the recipe has five stars at the time of writing. They described it as everything from “awesome” to “very flavorful.”
“I made this tonight and it was simply out-of-this-world good!” wrote one reviewer. “I followed the recipe to a ‘T’ and it was so flavorful and satisfying. I only wish I’d had a bunch of family over to help me enjoy it.”
Another called it “delicious,” before praising the ability to use shrimp “straight for the freezer.”
Others loved how easy swaps could be made depending on what they had available. One reviewer made the dish with spaghetti and said it “turned out just as good!”
“I made this today with spinach gnocchi!” wrote another. “Oh, my goodness was it delicious! I already have some ideas to make it again.”
Another reviewer used white wine vinegar as a substitute for wine with excellent results. “I didn’t have any wine at that time so I deglazed with white wine vinegar,” they said before saying the dish “still turned out wonderful.”
