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Since Alienator finally moved with his Filipino boyfriend to a more "Open Minded", "Rat infested" and "Understanding" place, (with gun violence and exotic diseases), we could celebrate with a summer dish!
Shrimp Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta Cheese:
Ok, this is a really easy recipe, it doesn't even have too many ingredients... but! The ingredients need to be top-notch!
Ingredients:
-About 6 shrimps per person (medium large, fresh! not the frozen stink-fest).
-About 3 large tomatoes for 2 plates.
-Fresh Parsley
-Feta Cheese (the vacuum sealed stuff should do fine as it doesn't have too much water in).
-Pasta (Thin no.3?)
-Salt and Pepper
-A teaspoon of butter (margarine is preferred, or a bit of olive oil)
-Olive Oil (the extra-virgin stuff).
You can go Organic to all the above with no "explosive" effects...
Preparation:
First clean the shrimp. Lift the head, clean from the inside. Then pull the black cord that is inside the tail. That is shrimp gut and it's very repulsive to bite the tail to find a black cord inside it, (at least to me). If the shrimp is really fresh that should be easy to do.
Chop the Tomatoes (peeled of course) in cubes (small-ish).
Cube the Feta Cheese with a heavy sharp knife so it wont crumble.
Cooking:
Put some olive oil in a a medium-sized frying pan so the bottom is covered and then some. Heat it up in medium-high temperature.
Throw in the shrimp and fry until golden turning once.
Then lower the temperature to medium-low and throw in the tomatoes, a bit later a pinch of salt.
Wait and wait some more, whilst stiring gently (so the shrimp wont break up and the bottom wont burn) until -all- of the tomatoes water is gone.
Add the cubed feta and stir gently once.
Just before switching off the stove, you chop some -very fresh- parsley with a dull knife so it will produce more flavour.
Throw in the parsley, stir once again, gently, so the feta wont dissolve in the sauce.
At the side you cook some pasta until al-dente, you remove and dry, throw some butter (or olive oil?) in the pan, heat it and saute the pasta adding a pinch of black pepper.
Serving:
Serve the pasta in plates, take 5-6 shrimps per person and put them over the pasta, Add a few spoons of the Tomato and Feta sauce for each.
Garnish with some more parsley.
Enjoy!
(Picture for illustration purposes only, deliciousness may vary according to ingredients, cooking and exposure to Alienator's threads.
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Since Alienator finally moved with his Filipino boyfriend to a more "Open Minded", "Rat infested" and "Understanding" place, (with gun violence and exotic diseases), we could celebrate with a summer dish!
Shrimp Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta Cheese:
Ok, this is a really easy recipe, it doesn't even have too many ingredients... but! The ingredients need to be top-notch!
Ingredients:
-About 6 shrimps per person (medium large, fresh! not the frozen stink-fest).
-About 3 large tomatoes for 2 plates.
-Fresh Parsley
-Feta Cheese (the vacuum sealed stuff should do fine as it doesn't have too much water in).
-Pasta (Thin no.3?)
-Salt and Pepper
-A teaspoon of butter (margarine is preferred, or a bit of olive oil)
-Olive Oil (the extra-virgin stuff).
You can go Organic to all the above with no "explosive" effects...
Preparation:
First clean the shrimp. Lift the head, clean from the inside. Then pull the black cord that is inside the tail. That is shrimp gut and it's very repulsive to bite the tail to find a black cord inside it, (at least to me). If the shrimp is really fresh that should be easy to do.
Chop the Tomatoes (peeled of course) in cubes (small-ish).
Cube the Feta Cheese with a heavy sharp knife so it wont crumble.
Cooking:
Put some olive oil in a a medium-sized frying pan so the bottom is covered and then some. Heat it up in medium-high temperature.
Throw in the shrimp and fry until golden turning once.
Then lower the temperature to medium-low and throw in the tomatoes, a bit later a pinch of salt.
Wait and wait some more, whilst stiring gently (so the shrimp wont break up and the bottom wont burn) until -all- of the tomatoes water is gone.
Add the cubed feta and stir gently once.
Just before switching off the stove, you chop some -very fresh- parsley with a dull knife so it will produce more flavour.
Throw in the parsley, stir once again, gently, so the feta wont dissolve in the sauce.
At the side you cook some pasta until al-dente, you remove and dry, throw some butter (or olive oil?) in the pan, heat it and saute the pasta adding a pinch of black pepper.
Serving:
Serve the pasta in plates, take 5-6 shrimps per person and put them over the pasta, Add a few spoons of the Tomato and Feta sauce for each.
Garnish with some more parsley.
Enjoy!
(Picture for illustration purposes only, deliciousness may vary according to ingredients, cooking and exposure to Alienator's threads.
