1 (12 ounce) package angel hair pasta
2 1/2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 tablespoons pesto
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
1 dash hot sauce
1/2 (16 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets, thawed
1 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
3 cloves garlic, minced
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Melt 1.5 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly stir in milk and cream; simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened.
Stir in pesto, parsley, garlic, Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, white pepper, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Reduce heat to low and allow to a simmer.
Meanwhile, place broccoli in a steamer over 1 inch of boiling water, and cover. Cook until tender but still firm, about 2 to 6 minutes. Drain.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet. Sauté shrimp, garlic and 1 teaspoon salt for 5 minutes or until shrimp are pink.
In a large bowl, toss pasta, shrimp and broccoli; pour sauce over and serve.
Magickal Correspondences of the Ingredients
Butter: Spirituality, communication, recollection, and enhancing the energies of other foods.
Parsley: Power, Strength, Lust, Purification, and Prosperity
Milk: Goddess Energies, Nurturing, family, mother love, birth, spirituality, fertility.
Garlic: Healing, Protection, Banishing, Purification, health, strength, endurance.
Shellfish (Shrimp): Water energies, Abundance
Broccoli: Protection, Abundance, Strength, Leadership.
Witchy Side Note: If you have another association with the listed ingredients use those instead remember every magickal endeavors that you take on should come from your heart!
Also you may create a chant or spell to go along with this dish to enhance the energies of the meal, for example:
“As I stir this pot, grant those who eat it with love and harm them not.
Strength and power, I call about at this hour.
Fill their bellies and warm their soul, with each and every bowl.
This is my wish this is my plee, so mote it be!”
This may not be the best but I wrote it as it came to me! The more you think about it and change it the less powerful it becomes as you begin to forget what you decided upon when it’s time to say the spell or chant. You heart won’t steer you wrong so go with the flow and enjoy the magick!
Blessed Be,
WaterLily Pixie )0(