In her cookbook, Mosquito Supper Club, Melissa Martin pays homage to the vanishing South Louisiana community she calls home and shares this recipe for a shrimp spaghetti.
Some notes from Martin: Buy canned tomato sauce (not pasta sauce) with no added sugar or salt. This is important, because canned tomatoes are often racked with sugar and sodium. Additionally, If you’d like one less pot to wash, cook the spaghetti right in the sauce the way some Cajuns do: Crack the spaghetti in half and add it to the pot along with ¼ cup water. The pasta’s starch helps to thicken the sauce. Cover the pot and simmer the noodles in the sauce for about 15 minutes.
