Spicy Shrimp with Red Chili Pepper
Adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essential's of Italian Cooking
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium shallot finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or chopped hot red chili pepper
- 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 large can Italian plum tomatoes chopped w juice (I used San Marzano from Fresh Market)
- Sea salt
- 1 pound wild shrimp shelled, cleaned, deveined
- Grilled or oven browned slices of bread
Instructions
- Saute shallot and garlic in olive oil. Add pepper flakes and parsley.add tomatoes. Cook at a simmer for twenty minutes to reduce the juice.
- Rinse shrimp several times in cold water. Pat dry and add to sauce when it’s ready. Cook just until shrimp are cooked (about 3 minutes).
- Grill thick slices of bread in cast iron pan on top of stove that has a little swipe of olive oil or bake in oven to brown.
- Serve immediately.