Creamy Basque Shrimp Scampi

Recipe Reader's Note:

Delicious! It is served here in a local Basque restaurant, and pairs well with rice or pasta. This can easily be made with less butter or no cream, if you'd like.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb shrimp , peeled and deveined
• ½ cup flour
• salt and pepper
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup white wine
• ½ cup butter
• 1 lemon, juice of
• ¼ heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped

Directions:

1. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper, then dust with flour.
2. Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet. Add shrimp and cook over medium heat about 2 minutes per side.
3. Remove shrimp from pan and drain the oil from pan.
4. In the same skillet, warm the wine over low heat. Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute.
5. Add butter, lemon juice, and heavy cream. Cook 1 or two minutes more.
6. Sprinkle with parsley.

Reviews

[twissis]

Using Icelandic baby shrimp, I made a half recipe of this delicious scampi for the PRMR game & served it as an appy in gratin dishes over toast points for Christmas Eve dinner w/DH & my MIL. Other than using butter vs vegetable oil, I made just 1 other chg & added garlic that I see as a must (for me at least) in a scampi recipe. It was richly flavoured, generously sauced, well-received & an elegant start to our main holiday meal. Thx for sharing your recipe w/us. :-)

[JackieOhNo!]

Very tasty, as well as quick and easy to make. I normally like to add garlic to everything, but it was not missed here. The shrimp have a very rich, flavorful quality. The only thing different I did was to add a pinch of cayenne. Then I served it over 8 oz. of angel hair pasta (any more would absorb all the sauce). I will definitely make this again, and try it with orzo. Thanks for a lovely recipe. Made for PRMR.

[Lavender Lynn]

This is a great recipe. It is absolutely delicious. It is also very quick. I followed the ingredients per recipe except I only used 1 T lemon juice because of personal preference. Made for PRMR.