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Title: Marinated Shrimp on Rosemary Skewers
Categories: Cooking liv, Import
Yield: 1 Servings

3 tb Extra virgin olive oil
2 tb Fresh lemon juice
1 ts Grated lemon zest
2 Cloves garlic, finely minced
1/2 ts Hot pepper flakes
12 lg Shrimp, peeled and deveined
Salt and freshly ground
-black pepper
4 Twigs of rosemary with thick
-woody stems, about 6 to
-8-inches in length
8 sl Lemon, 1/4-inch thick

-----------------------------------SALSA-----------------------------------
1 pt Red and/or yellow cherry
-tomatoes, stemmed and
-halved or quartered
1 Clove garlic, finely minced
1/2 c Black olives, pitted and
-coarsely chopped
2 tb Finely chopped parsley
2 tb Fresh lemon juice
2 tb Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground
-black pepper

In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest,
garlic, and hot pepper flakes. In a shallow dish pour the marinade over the
shrimp. Cover, refrigerate and let marinate for 15 to 30 minutes.

Preheat a charcoal grill or grill pan on the stovetop.

Skewer 3 of the marinated shrimp, alternating in a decorative pattern with
2 of the lemon slices, on each of the rosemary twigs. Grill the shrimp for
2 to 3 minutes per side until just cooked through.

In a bowl combine the cherry tomatoes, garlic, black olives, parsley, lemon
juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Serve the grilled shrimp on a bed of the salsa.

Yield: 2 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #8887 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #628 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" on May 31, 1997