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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentine's Day Shrimp

The shirmp looked at the store yesterday so I decided to cook the dish that George made for me our first Valentine's day together. This is sensual finger food.  You will shell the shrimp and dip good crusty bread in the sauce.  It is a fast and easy dish. Keeping the shrimp in the shell enhances the flavor. 
You can shell and devein tge shrimp first and it does just fine. Serve this with a nice salad and enjoy with your partner. It is chock full of garlic but worth every clove.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Use a baking dish that you can serve out of.

Ingredients:
1lb Shrimp shell on.  (heads off)
2 oranges cut in quarters
1 head of garlic chopped
1 stick of butter cut into pieces
1 tsp of thyme or use your favorite herb
salt and pepper to taste
1 baguette
Cooking:
Put the shrimp in the baking dish.  Take the oranges and squeeze the juice all over the shrimp and then take the quarters and add them to the pan. Add the garlic, pieces of butter, salt and pepper, and herbs over the top of the shrimp and put the dish in the oven to bake.
They will cook for about 10-15 minutes.  Look at them about every 5 minutes and take them out when the shrimp are pink.
You take the bread and dip in this most savory sauce and eat the shrimp with your fingers. 
You can experiment with this and use the sauce to toss pasta in but, I have not done that yet.
The flavor of this dish is unforgettable.
Happy Valentine's Day

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