Feta and Shrimp

Serve some bread with this appetizer. In a larger dish this can be part of a Mezze meal. Prep time is based on cleaned and deveined shrimp.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 2  cups tomatoes, skinned and chopped
• 2 -3  cloves garlic, crushed
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  bay leaf
• 1  tablespoon  ouzo or 1  tablespoon Pernod (optional)
• 1  teaspoon dried oregano
•  salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1⁄2 lbs shrimp, cleaned and deveined (raw weight)
• 6  ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 2  tablespoons capers, drained and chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add tomatoes.
3. Cook, stirring frequently, until tomatoes soften and give up some of their juice.
4. Add crushed garlic, bay leaf, and Ouzo (if using) and cook five minutes more.
5. Remove from heat, discard the bay leaf.
6. Stir in oregano and salt and pepper to taste.
7. Lightly coat four or six individual baking dishes with olive oil, place shrimp in the bottom of each dish, top shrimp with tomato sauce.
8. Divide the feta cheese, over the top of each dish, sprinkle with capers.
9. (you can also use a single baking dish, 8-10 inches square or diameter).
10. Bake for 15-20 minutes until hot and bubbly and shrimp is cooked through, cooking time will vary according to the size of the shrimp, cut into a shrimp to be sure it is cooked through.