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Thyme Enough
Thyme Enough Classic Shrimp Scampi
Nelson and Sandy Barnett met in college. They have been happily married for 58 years and are still having fun cooking and living! Find Sandy’s newly published thriller Dead in the Shadow of Doubt on Amazon.com.
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Can you hear it? The beach? It’s calling! We’ve talked to a couple of people just in the last day or so who said, almost breathlessly, “We’re leaving tomorrow for the beach!” Well, Nelson and I aren’t leaving tomorrow for the beach. Maybe later in the summer. However, the beach obviously is tampering with our culinary taste buds because for the past ten days I’ve been cooking seafood. In truth, most of it has been more New Orleans French Quarter (seafood gumbo, crawfish etouffee) than coastal, but nonetheless, here’s a recipe that’ll you’ll want to take with you to your favorite beach, wherever that might be … or you know what, you can make it right here, in Batesville, right dab in the middle of North Central Arkansas.
Classic Shrimp Scampi
(Note: Serves 4 in 15 minutes. Yeah, that’s sorta true if you have a Ruby (remember Ruby from Upstairs Downstairs?) who has shelled and deveined the shrimp for you ahead of time.)
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Butter 4 Tbsps Olive Oil 4 Garlic cloves minced ½ Cup dry White wine or Broth 3/4 Teaspoon salt, or to taste 1/8 tsp. Crushed red pepper flakes, again or to taste ¾ lbs large shrimp, shelled 1/3 Cup chopped parsley
Freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon.
Preparation:
Step 1- In a large skillet, melt butter with olive oil, add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add Wine or Broth, salt, red pepper flakes and plenty of white or black pepper and bring to a simmer. Let wine reduce by half about 2 minutes.
Step 2- Add shrimp and sauté until they just turn pink, 2 to 4 minutes depending upon their size. Stir in parsley and lemon juice and serve over pasta (we used fettucine and it was a good size for this dish) or accompany with a good loaf (homemade if you’re married to Nelson) of crusty bread.
Yumm, and with a bit of sand in your sandals! N
