Cheese And Pan-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

Learn To Make This Amazing Shrimp With Feta Cheese And Pan-Roasted Tomatoes Tastes Wonderful And Looks As Pretty As A Picture!

My daughter Randi and her husband Dan are healthy eaters. They use as many organic products as possible in their cooking and they are vegetarians. They do eat seafood and fish, though. One day last summer, Randi asked me to come over and cook with her. She wanted to prepare something new and special for her husband Dan. She also wanted to make something with a Greek flavor to it, since she and Dan were gearing up for a trip to Greece. Randi and I came up with our own amazing recipe using shrimp, tomatoes, and feta cheese. It turned out fabulous, and Dan loved it. He said it was the best shrimp dish he had eaten. It is fresh tasting, and very satisfying.nn * 1 pound extra large fresh or frozen raw shrimpn * 1 pint whole grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoesn * 2-4 ounces of good feta cheese, which you break into small piecesn * 5-6 garlic cloves, minced (sliced very thinly)
* 1 fresh lemonn * 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakesn * fresh parsley (chop 1/2 cup - 1/4 cup + 1/4 cup and set aside)
* 1 teaspoon kosher saltn * freshly ground black peppe
* light or extra virgin olive oil, depending upon your preferencen * 1/2 pound spaghetti or penne for serving (rice can be substituted)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet. Add minced garlic clovesnnand 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, and saute over a medium flamennjust for 1 minute. Add tomatoes. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon kosher saltnnand a few grinds of black pepper. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped freshnnparsley. Saute until tomatoes just start to look soft and are beginning tonncrack- about 3-4 minutes. Then, add shrimp and cook over a medium tonnhigh heat for 5 minutes just until shrimp are starting to NOT look raw.

Take off stove. Pour everything in pan into an oven proof casserole dish.

Then sprinkle the 2-4 ounces of feta cheese, depending upon how muchnncheese you want in the dish, on top. Bake for 10 minutes. Take out of ovennnand sprinkle with another 1/4 cup of fresh chopped parsley, 2 tablespoonsnnof fresh lemon juice and some additional cracked pepper.

Serve over pasta or rice.

Note: I recommend that you serve this over spaghetti or rice. The presentation looks best when you place a portion of spaghetti or penne on each dinner plate, and then spoon one portion of shrimp with tomatoes and feta on top of the pasta. I do not recommend that you mix the spaghetti all together with the shrimp. If you want to serve this family style, then put all the spaghetti, penne, or rice on the bottom of a serving platter, and then carefully spoon the contents of the baking dish on top. Mixing all the ingredients together will take away from the eye appeal of the dish.