Arrabiata Sauce with Shrimp and Garlic-Cheese Bread for Dipping
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Recipe type: main
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 3 - 4 servings
 
Individual bowls of this spicy, flavorful sauce chock full of shrimp and a side of garlic-cheese bread make for a comforting meal.
Ingredients
  • 1 quart hot arrabiata sauce (or marinara sauce simmered for 10 mins with a tablespoon of pureed garlic, a squeeze of anchovy paste or a crushed anchovy fillet or two, and at least a teaspoon of red pepper flakes)
  • Two pounds deveined and shelled shrimp, no smaller than 21/25 (squeeze the tails off, too)
  • Olive or sunflower oil for sauteing
  • Three tablespoons garlic puree
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • Pinch or more of salt
  • One ciabatta loaf, cut in half lengthwise and then each half cut into four slices. You should wind up with eight flat trenchers
  • ½ cup good olive oil into which you have mixed two tablespoons of garlic puree, a little dried oregano and a bit of salt
  • ½ cup freshly grated or shredded parmesan cheese
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
  2. Arrange bread slices on a sheet pan and brush olive oil mixture onto each
  3. Distribute cheese evenly onto bread slices
  4. Place bread in oven so it heats while you deal with the rest of the recipe
  5. Add olive or sunflower oil to a large saute pan and heat over medium flame until it's hot but not too hot, and then add shrimp
  6. Saute for about a minute, turn the flame down slightly and add the garlic, oregano and salt
  7. Saute until shrimp are just underdone, making sure the flame is low enough to keep the garlic from browning
  8. Add the hot arrabiata sauce to the shrimp, stir, put the lid on and turn off the burner
  9. Check bread. If tops are not slightly golden brown, turn oven up to broil or high convection for a minute or so. Don't burn the bread!
  10. Serve the sauce immediately in individual bowls with garlic-cheese bread on the side
Recipe by Akitachow.com: A food site and a big dog at https://www.akitachow.com/arrabiata-sauce-with-garlic-cheese-bread-for-dipping/