Greek Shrimp Bake with Tomatoes and Feta
2018-11-07 14:19:08
Serves 6
This Greek dish is a wonderfully spicy (but not too spicy) way to serve shrimp. Served over a bed of sautéed tomatoes, shallots and garlic and topped with Feta cheese - Yummy!
Ingredients
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 to 3 large shallots, diced, about 1 cup
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 pounds large ripe tomatoes
- 1 ½ pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 4 ounces Greek feta cheese
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped mint
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Instructions
- Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil (for blanching tomatoes).
- Put 4 tablespoons olive oil in a wide skillet over medium heat. Add diced shallots and minced garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 to 8 minutes.
- While the shallots and garlic are cooking, add whole tomatoes to the boiling water and cook for about 2 minutes, until skins loosen. Immediately plunge tomatoes in a bowl of cold water to cool then drain.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- With a paring knife, core tomatoes and slip off skins. Cut tomatoes into thick wedges.
- Add tomato wedges to skillet with shallots and garlic and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook, at medium-high heat, stirring until mixture is juicy and tomatoes have softened, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer the tomato mixture to a shallow earthenware baking dish.
- Put shrimp in a mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, season shrimp with salt and pepper and stir to coat. Arrange shrimp over tomato mixture in one layer. Crumble feta cheese over surface and sprinkle with oregano.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until tomatoes are bubbling and cheese has browned slightly. Remove from oven and let dish rest for 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with fresh chopped mint and serve.
Notes
- Servings based on 8 shrimp plus fixings.
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