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Showing posts with label shrimp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrimp. Show all posts

Friday, October 22, 2010

R is for Rice and Shrimp Risotto...

I don't have any photos of my tasty Shrimp Risotto....
so will these photos of the latest completed
baby quilt do?
Just finished this for our good friend Tom's
first grandson....and he's mighty grand from what
Tom says!
Here's the recipe:
Shrimp Risotto
2-4 Main Course servings
5 cups (about) low salt chicken broth
3/4 cups dry white wine
1 or 1/2 pound uncooked large shrimp peeled/deveined
6 T butter
3/4 cups chopped onion
2 large cloves garlic minced
1/4 tsp dried red pepper flakes
1 1/2 cups arborio rice
3/4 cup dry white wine
3 T chopped fresh parsley
3/4 freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Bring broth and 1/4 cup of wine to simmer in medium pan
Reduce heat-keep hot
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Melt 2 T of butter in medium skillet over medium heat
Add 1/2 the garlic and all the crushed red pepper, then shrimp
Saute til shrimp begins to turn pink-about 2 minutes
Add remaining 1/2 cup wine. Simmer another 2 minutes
Drain shrimp-set aside and reserve cooking liquid.
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Melt remaining butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat
Add onion and remaining garlic, saute til onion is pale golden,
about 4 min.
Add rice and stir to coat about 2 minutes, Add 2 cups broth mixture
Simmer til absorbed stirring often. Continue adding broth mixture
1 cup at a time until liquid is absorbed before adding more-
about 20 minutes.
Stir in reserved shrimp cooking liquid.
Cook until rice is just tender and
mixture is creamy about 5 more minutes.
Remove from heat.
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Stir shrimp and chopped parsley into rice-season with salt and pepper.
Spoon into bowls and sprinkle
with Parmesan cheese according to your taste.
YUM.

Monday, March 08, 2010

Stirfry Eggplant Dinner and Movies!

Here's a photo of Russell celebrating ? his 65th birthday!
We had a great day on March 4th -first went to Rogue Brewery
for his free Birthday humongous pint-a free hat and some appetizers...then off to a few galleries
before we had a lovely dinner at Piazza Italia. Great day!
They even sang Happy Birthday to him in Italian!

Now- back to the Alphabet Recipes....above is the Eggplant Stir Fry I found in this weeks Oregonian....coupled with the Shrimp Stir Fry below made for a tasty meal for me....unfortunately Russell wasn't too happy with the Eggplant. Good thing I had made Chocolate Chip Cookies yesterday! So- plus points for the Shrimp and I guess we'll pass on the Eggplant from here on out...win some and lose some!

Here are the two recipes plated below....I thought they were yummy....


Now- to the movies...the first one is of some kids juggling and others playing music at
Portland's Saturday Market.... the following is of a very seasonal theme.....
a unicyclist bagpiper wearing a kilt and looking quite festive...
Happy St Patricks Day!