Shrimp pasta with tomatoes

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1. We start the recipe for shrimp pasta by cleaning the shrimp. Ideally we use fresh prawns, otherwise we can choose frozen but not pre-boiled.
2. Cut the head off the shrimp with a knife and carefully remove the shell and tail by hand.
3. Score each tail lengthwise from the upper side and remove the intestines inside.
4. Place the cleaned tails in a bowl, add 1 tbsp. olive oil, a little salt, pepper and mix them.
5. Heat a small saucepan well, add 2 tbsp. olive oil and add all the shrimp heads together with the shells.
6. Sauté at a high temperature for 3 minutes and press the heads with a wooden spoon to extract all the deliciousness they have.
7. Add 200 ml of water to the pot with the heads, lower the temperature to medium, cover with the lid and boil for 15 minutes.
8. At the same time, wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half.
9. Clean the onion and chop it.
10. Heat a large pan, add 2 tbsp. olive oil, the chopped onion and saute at medium temperature for 3 minutes.
11. Chop the garlic or mash it and add it to the pan while continuing to saute for about 4 minutes, until the onion softens but does not take on a strong color.
12. Add the chopped cherry tomatoes to the pan to prepare the base for the shrimp pasta sauce.
13. Increase the temperature, add salt, pepper, brown sugar, 3 basil leaves and cook for about 10 minutes.
14. Strain the broth from the shrimp and add it to the tomato sauce to give all the flavor from the shrimp.
15. Lower the temperature and simmer the sauce for the shrimp pasta until we prepare the spaghetti at the same time.
16. Heat enough water in a large pot, add a little salt and boil the pasta for 3 minutes less than the time indicated on the package.
17. At the same time, heat a small frying pan well and saute the shrimps for 30 seconds.
18. Deglaze the prawns with cognac and saute for another half a minute until the alcohol evaporates. Optionally, we can light the cognac but outside the hood because with the flame there is a risk of fire.
19. Add the shrimp to the shrimp pasta sauce and with tongs add the spaghetti directly from the pot to the pan.
20. Mix lightly and leave them for a few minutes to cook and set the sauce.
21. Remove the pan with the shrimp pasta from the stove, add the rest of the chopped basil and optionally the butter so that the sauce binds better.
22. Immediately serve the Shrimp Pasta with Tomatoes warm with freshly ground pepper and a little olive oil on top.