Thursday, January 20, 2011

72. Brenna's Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp Scampi

INGREDIENTS
~ 20 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
3 cups uncooked pasta, your choice
1  cup lightly steamed broccoli
1  cup lightly steamed cauliflour
1/4 cup chopped black olives
1/2 cup green peas
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 lemons
4 cloves garlic, freshly minced
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, very finely chopped
3 tablespoons freshly grated parmesean cheese
salt to taste
butter
extra virgin olive oil

DIRECTIONS
1. Cook pasta aldente by adding to boiling water for 4 minutes.
2. Add about 4 tablespoons butter to a large sautee pan.  Add 2 cloves garlic and brown.  Add peas and sautee for 5 minutes.  Add steamed broccoli and cauliflour and olives and sprinkle juice of 1 lemon and sautee for 5 additional minutes.  Set aside in a bowl.
3. Repeat process to brown garlic and butter in the same pan and add shrimp.  Sprinkle tops of shrimp with salt and pepper and the juice of the remaining lemon.  Once slightly browned and cooked, add vegetable mix and pasta and about 4 tablespoons olive oil and butter to taste.  Add rosemary and parmesean last and serve hot.

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