• Boil Water for Pasta. Add salt when the water starts to boil. Then add pasta. Cook pasta one (1) minute less than the package directions
  
• When pasta is done reserve ½ Cup of the pasta water. Reserve the water for the sauce
  

While Pasta is cooking prepare the Sauce.

• Zest one lemon
  
• Heat olive oil and add garlic cloves with 1 teaspoon of salt. Sauté garlic until it is a nice golden brown. The garlic will be soft. Takes 2 to 3 minutes.
  
• Add the shrimp and sauté for 3 more minutes. Or until the shrimp start to turn pink/opaque. (The shrimp can be removed at this point and placed on a dish. We left them in the sauce it gave them a nice lemon flavor)
  
• Optional - Add serrano peppers
  
• Stir in the lemon zest and lemon Juice
  
• Add the wine and pasta water
  
• Toss the pasta in the sauce. Cook for a couple of minutes to reduce the sauce and finish cooking the pasta. Turn off heat
  
• When adding the ricotta cheese. Take about ¼ cup of the hot pasta sauce and stir into the ricotta cheese.
  
• Pour ricotta sauce into the pasta and shrimp.
  
• Gently stir the ricotta sauce into the pasta.

  Chop basil and serve with pasta.
  
• Enjoy! Everyone can sprinkle basil on top of pasta. Parmesan cheese can also be served with this pasta as an additional topping.