Thursday, March 4, 2010

Shrimp Scampi

This recipe comes from Cooking Light March 1996.  I made a few changes.  I used butter instead of margarine and I decided on a yellow pepper but orange or red works just the same.  The smells of this in the oven brings back wonderful memories of when my husband and I first met and he lived on Canal Blvd.  It's easy to make and cooks quickly.  Perfect dinner for a busy night.  Purchase 2 lbs of Large Un-peeled Shrimp.  Peel leaving the tails on.  Butterfly the underside of the end to get them to stand up.  Place in a shallow rimmed casserole dish. Preheat Broiler. To a skillet over medium high heat, add 3 Tbl UnSalted Butter.  Add 1 Diced Yellow Pepper and 4 (up to 8) Pressed Cloves of Garlic and saute for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat and add 1/2 Cup Dry White Wine, 1/4 Cup Minced Parsley, 1/4 Cup Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice and S&P.  Pour mixture over shrimp.  Dust with Paprika.  Broil for 6 minutes.  Serve with Basmati Rice, a green vegetable and Hot Crusty Bread.

Apple Buckwheat Pancakes

The pancake recipe is already posted on this blog, but to recap with changes, I diced small 1 Golden Delicious Apple and I substituted 1/4 Cup of the flour with 1/4 Cup Buckwheat Flour
Here is the recipe in full.  Beat 1 Egg in a bowl, add 1 Cup Buttermilk and 2 Tbl Canola Oil and beat to combine.  Add 1 Tbl Sugar, 1 tsp Baking Powder, 1 tsp Baking Soda and 1/2 tsp Salt and beat to combine.  Add 3/4 Cup Flour and 1/4 Cup Buckwheat Flour.  Beat until a smooth batter.  Stir in diced Apple.  Preheat griddle to a medium high temperature.  Lightly coat with Crisco or non Stick Spray, butter will burn.  Laddle out desired pancake size.  I like a tall stack of small pancakes.  Turn just once when browned.  Do not mindlessly pat the rising pancake down.  You want the pancake to rise.  Stack on a plate, buttering as you stack and top with, made in Vermont, Therrien's Fancy Grade Maple Syrup.  For Therrien's Maple Syrup, call (802)257-4013, you'll love their personal service and thier prices!  Wonderful with link Sausage!