Thursday, December 13, 2012

Baked Shrimp

A quick and simple seafood dinner is this baked shrimp with Mediterranean flavors. Here's how I did it:

Ingredients
1 lb. shrimp, deveined
Olive oil
Dry vermouth
3 tbsp(+) minced garlic
Four plum tomatoes
Bunch fresh basil
1/4 lb. Greek feta block
Salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste
1/2 lemon

Method
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel 1 lb. shrimp (fresh or fresh-frozen is fine.)
2) Saute a few tbsp. minced garlic in olive oil in a skillet - be careful not to burn the garlic. Add red pepper flakes. Deglaze the pan with a splash of dry vermouth.
3) Add the shrimp to the garlic-red pepper-infused oil and season with salt and black pepper. Cook for just a minute, until the shrimp begins to turn pink, and remove from heat.
4) Dice four plum tomatoes and rip a handful of fresh basil into small pieces over the tomatoes. Cut a quarter pound of good firm Greek feta into small cubes.
5) Pour shrimp with oil-garlic-vermouth sauce into a glass baking dish and spread out to ensure the bottom of the dish is oiled. Add the tomatoes, basil and feta to the shrimp, and grind more fresh pepper (though not more salt as the feta is already salty) over top.
6) Bake for 10-15 min, depending on the oven. (I only baked it for 10 min. since I hate overcooked, rubbery seafood - keep an eye on it!)
7) Squeeze fresh lemon juice over top and a drizzle of olive oil to finish. Serve with good crusty bread to sop up the juices in the pan - the flavors combine to create a light sauce, so irresistable you have to get it all. Enjoy!

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