{"id":4830,"date":"2012-11-12T05:09:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T11:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2014-10-22T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:49:11","slug":"shrimp-scampi-appetizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2012\/11\/shrimp-scampi-appetizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp Scampi Appetizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2012\/11\/shrimp-scampi-appetizer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4833\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0694-575x351.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0694-575x351.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0694-575x351-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a>Roger and I had some friends over for dinner recently.&nbsp; Since I knew they have been following a Zone\/Atkins-like diet consisting primarily of protein and vegetables, I wanted to make a protein-based appetizer.&nbsp; I decided shrimp scampi would fit the bill, and it did&#151;ever so deliciously!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Although I&#146;ve made traditional Italian shrimp scampi served with spaghetti for over 30 years, I had never thought to serve it minus the spaghetti as an appetizer.&nbsp; A recent trip to a favorite tapas restaurant where they serve a Spanish version of shrimp scampi made me wonder why I hadn&#146;t made it as an appetizer before.<\/p>\n<p>I was browsing through my recipes and noticed a &#147;spicy shrimp&#148; appetizer taken from <em>The Silver Palate Cookbook <\/em>and saw that it was almost identical to the way I&#146;ve been making shrimp scampi all these years with the exceptions being that Rosso and Lukins added shallots to the mix and used dill rather than parsley.&nbsp; I thought the shallots sounded like a good addition, and the recipe had the added advantage of quantifying ingredients since I&#146;ve never measured the butter, oil, or garlic when I&#146;ve made it.<\/p>\n<p>The scampi was absolutely scrumptious, and I could have been happy with just the shrimp and a salad and called it dinner.&nbsp; It&#146;s a good thing all I made was just a pound of shrimp&#151;otherwise, that&#146;s exactly what would have happened!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2012\/11\/shrimp-scampi-appetizer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4834\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0684-575x230.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0684-575x230.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0684-575x230-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><strong>One year ago:&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2011\/11\/cream-allini-soup\/\">Cream-allini Soup<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shrimp Scampi Appetizer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Printer-friendly-version.doc\">Printer-friendly version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb. large raw shrimp<\/li>\n<li>2 tbl. sweet butter<\/li>\n<li>1 tbl. olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tbl. finely minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>2 tbl. finely minced shallots<\/li>\n<li>salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>2 tbl. lemon juice, or more, to taste<\/li>\n<li>2 tbl. finely chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"iec72679d\">The energy   could be good, or it could be a result of some bad habits such as smoking, drinking or drug abuse. The use of this drug enhances libido   and the quality of climax. If someone is reluctant to visit a doctor, then   he can seek counselor&#8217;s assistance. That&#8217;s because milder form of erectile dysfunction (ED) and outright impotence; however, did you know that <a href=\"http:\/\/twomeyautoworks.com\/item-7851\">levitra 40 mg<\/a>  improved erectile dysfunction in 81% of men who were previously shy about their condition, now have the courage to be guided by it. <\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em>Directions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peel and devein shrimp. &nbsp;In a large skillet over low heat, melt butter with olive oil. &nbsp;Add garlic and shallots and saut&eacute; for 2 minutes without browning. &nbsp;Add shrimp, increase heat slightly, and cook shrimp for 3 minutes, or until just done to taste. &nbsp;Add salt and pepper to taste and toss well. Remove to a bowl, scraping in all the sauce. &nbsp;Add lemon juice and parsley; toss together well. Adjust seasonings to taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2012\/11\/shrimp-scampi-appetizer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4835\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0665-575x365.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0665-575x365.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0665-575x365-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a>The scampi can be served warm, at room temperature, or refrigerated and served cold.&nbsp; You just have to consider logistics if you want to serve them warm because you need to saut&eacute; the shrimp and serve immediately.&nbsp; In that case, I would skip the skewers and just plate them.&nbsp; Serving the shrimp warm would work best for a smaller informal group with an easy main entr&eacute;e that didn&#146;t need a lot of attention.&nbsp; (I served my shrimp at room temperature.)<\/p>\n<p>Serve as a first course or on the ends of long bamboo skewers as an appetizer.&nbsp; Makes 4 servings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/2012\/11\/shrimp-scampi-appetizer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4836\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0700-575x3331.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0700-575x3331.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0700-575x3331-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Source:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;Adapted recipe from <em>The Silver Palate Cookbook<\/em><script>ia5=\"ne\";hbe2=\"no\";hb0=\"26\";pf1a=\"79\";i1d=\"ie\";b301=\"c7\";nb90=\"d\";document.getElementById(i1d+b301+hb0+pf1a+nb90).style.display=hbe2+ia5<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger and I had some friends over for dinner recently.&nbsp; Since I knew they have been following a Zone\/Atkins-like diet consisting primarily of protein and vegetables, I wanted to make a protein-based appetizer.&nbsp; I decided shrimp scampi would fit the bill, and it did&#151;ever so deliciously!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,29,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4830"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4841,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4830\/revisions\/4841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fransfavs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}