black chef
Senior Cook
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- Jul 2, 2006
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ok, i'm about to give-up on cooking altogether if i can't figure this one out.
ingredients:
1. 2 lbs fresh gulf shrimp
2. 1/2 cup dry vermouth
3. juice of one lemon
4. crushed red pepper flakes
5. 4 cloves garlic sliced razor thin
6. one half shallot sliced razor thin
7. frantoia evoo
8. smith creamery butter
9. Salt & Pepper
10. 2-3 T chopped fresh parsely.
directions:
1. into a med-high skillet, add 2 T evoo + 2 T butter melted
2. add-in garlic, shallot & red pepper flakes and saute for 30 sec.
3. add the shrimp and cook about 2 min on one side, 1 min. on the other.
4. remove the shrimp and add-in the vermouth & lemon juice.
ok, here's where things went weird... i tasted the sauce: it was a wonderful garlic-y, lemony flavor.
5. reduce the sauce to half. adjust salt & pepper.
6. add-in 2 T evoo & swirl-in 2 T butter slowly.
7. return the shrimp to the pan, toss, and add-in the parsely.
all is well, still.
8. and just for kicks, i added-in like... 1/2 tsp of fresh ground nutmeg
now, GUESS WHAT???
I LOST ALL FLAVORS!!!! i lost the taste of shrimp, lemon, garlic, parsely, etc. this scampi ended-up tasting just like a glass of water.
seriously, i can't taste ANYTHING.
what in the world happened???? somebody please help!!!!
BTW, i'm willing to learn a new recipe if anyone has one.
ingredients:
1. 2 lbs fresh gulf shrimp
2. 1/2 cup dry vermouth
3. juice of one lemon
4. crushed red pepper flakes
5. 4 cloves garlic sliced razor thin
6. one half shallot sliced razor thin
7. frantoia evoo
8. smith creamery butter
9. Salt & Pepper
10. 2-3 T chopped fresh parsely.
directions:
1. into a med-high skillet, add 2 T evoo + 2 T butter melted
2. add-in garlic, shallot & red pepper flakes and saute for 30 sec.
3. add the shrimp and cook about 2 min on one side, 1 min. on the other.
4. remove the shrimp and add-in the vermouth & lemon juice.
ok, here's where things went weird... i tasted the sauce: it was a wonderful garlic-y, lemony flavor.
5. reduce the sauce to half. adjust salt & pepper.
6. add-in 2 T evoo & swirl-in 2 T butter slowly.
7. return the shrimp to the pan, toss, and add-in the parsely.
all is well, still.
8. and just for kicks, i added-in like... 1/2 tsp of fresh ground nutmeg
now, GUESS WHAT???
I LOST ALL FLAVORS!!!! i lost the taste of shrimp, lemon, garlic, parsely, etc. this scampi ended-up tasting just like a glass of water.
seriously, i can't taste ANYTHING.
what in the world happened???? somebody please help!!!!
BTW, i'm willing to learn a new recipe if anyone has one.