Run, Don’t Walk, for This Pasta Inspired by Jamaican Rundown
Save your shrimp shells for award-winning chef Nina Compton’s spaghetti with shrimp rundown sauce, a riff on the traditional Jamaican dish.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 lb. shrimp shells (5 cups), plus 1 lb. medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and butterflied, divided
- One 2-oz. piece ginger, bruised and coarsely chopped (¾ cup)
- 1 medium stalk of lemongrass, bruised and thinly sliced (⅓ cup)
- 1 habanero chile, quartered
- 3 oz. tomato paste
- 4 cups full-fat coconut milk (32 oz.)
- 1 Tbsp. finely grated orange zest
- 2 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp. finely grated lime zest
- ¼ cup thinly sliced scallions
- Kosher salt
- 1½ lb. fresh spaghetti (or substitute 1 lb. dried spaghetti, boiled in a pot of salted water until halfway cooked, then drained and rinsed in cool water, cooking water reserved)
- 1 tsp. finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 tsp. finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tsp. finely chopped fresh basil
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