Shrimp Alla Romana
Use the largest available shrimp and serve with crusty bread to soak up the marvelous garlic butter.
Ingredients
– 20 to 24 shrimp or scampi tails
– 3/4 cup butter
– 2 cloves garlic, minced
– 4 shallots, or 1/2 cup green onion, thinly sliced
– 1 tbs. lemon juice
– 1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
– dash cayenne pepper
– 1 tbs. fresh chopped parsley
– 1/4 cup dry white wine
Instruction
Melt butter. Add garlic and onions. Stir in lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne, parsley, and wine. Place shrimp on a heat-proof platter or broiler pan. Pour 1/2 of the garlic butter mixture over the shrimp. Broil five inches from heat for 3 minutes. Turn shrimp over, pour remaining garlic butter mixture over, and broil 3 minutes longer. Allow shrimp to marinate 2 minutes before serving.
Makes 4 servings.