Greek Scampi Recipes

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil. Salt water and cook pasta to al dente.
• Season the shrimp with salt and pepper.
• While the pasta water comes to a boil, heat extra-virgin olive oil in a deep skillet with garlic. When garlic is brown, remove and reserve. Add shrimp and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, lemon zest, oregano, olives, and wine and cook together a couple of minutes more. Remove from heat. Add a ladle of starchy pasta cooking water to sauce and some lemon juice. Remove the sauce from the heat. Drain pasta and add to the skillet. Let pasta soak in juices for a minute then toss with parsley and feta. Use tongs to pull pasta from skillet, giving it a turn to twist in as many ingredients as possible. Then, use the tongs to remove and arrange the shrimp and ingredients that may remain in the pan, distributing them evenly among the portions.

Steps:

• Put 4 tablespoons olive oil in a wide skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 to 8 minutes. Lower heat as necessary to keep mixture from browning. Remove from heat while preparing tomatoes.
• Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add whole tomatoes and cook for about 2 minutes, until skins loosen. Immediately plunge tomatoes in a bowl of cold water to cool, then drain. With a paring knife, core tomatoes and slip off skins. Cut tomatoes into thick wedges.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Return skillet to stove over medium-high heat. Add tomato wedges and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until mixture is juicy and tomatoes have softened, about 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to a shallow earthenware baking dish.
• Put shrimp in a mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, season shrimp with salt and pepper and stir to coat. Arrange shrimp over tomato mixture in one layer. Crumble cheese over surface and sprinkle with oregano.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until tomatoes are bubbling and cheese has browned slightly. Remove from oven and let dish rest for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with mint and serve.

Steps:

• Shell and devein shrimp, if necessary, rinse them and set aside.
• Prepare ingredients - Have all the ingredients prepared and at hand before beginning to sauté.
• Sauté the garlic in the oil briefly, and then add the shrimp. Cook on medium heat for a minute.
• Add tomatoes, feta, lemon juice, and dill.
• Stir so the shrimp cook on both sides.
• When the shrimp are pink and the tomatoes and feta have made a sauce, it's ready. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve at once.

Steps:

• Boil water for the pasta and have it ready.
• Melt the butter and heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook until the onions are translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the shrimp, then stir and cook for a couple of minutes. Squeeze in the lemon juice. Add the wine, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Stir and reduce the heat to low.
• Throw the angel hair pasta into the boiling water. Cook until just al dente. Drain, reserving a cup or 2 of the pasta water.
• Remove the skillet from the heat. Add the pasta and toss, adding a splash of pasta water if it needs to be thinned. Taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper if needed. Top with the grated Parmesan and minced parsley and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• To make scampi sauce: In sauce over low flame melt butter, adding oil, salt, pepper, rosemary, oregeno, paprika, bay leaves, garlic and sherry.
• Place cleaned shrimp in large baking dish. Cover shrimp with feta cheese and top with breadcrumbs.
• Pour scampi sauce over shrimp and bake until shrimp are tender,.
• approximately 25 minutes. Serve over rice or angel hair pasta.

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
• Drain and keep warm.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add green bell pepper to pan; sauté 1 minute.
• Add garlic and tomatoes; cook 1 minute.
• Add black pepper and shrimp; cover and cook 3 minutes or until shrimp are done.
• Stir in red pepper; remove from heat.
• Place 1 cup pasta on each of 4 plates.
• Top each serving with 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, chopped parsley, tomatoes, and wine. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has slightly thickened.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Stir the shrimp into the tomato sauce, and cook for 2 minutes; remove from the heat. Pour the shrimp mixture into a shallow baking dish, and sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese. Bake in the preheated oven until the feta has softened and the shrimp are no longer translucent, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Squeeze the lemon halves over the shrimp and garnish with the parsley sprigs to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add garlic; saute' 30 seconds.
• Add tomatoes and 1/4 cup parsley.
• Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes.
• Add shrimp; cook 5 minutes.
• Pour into a 13X9 baking dish; sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with 1/4 cup parsley, lemon juice and pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in an ovenproof skillet pan over medium-high heat.
• Add shrimp and garlic and sauti until shrimp start to turn pink.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Transfer skillet to oven and cook until shrimp are fully cooked, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan, or a casserole dish.
• Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add in the garlic, onion and chili flakes; saute for 1-2 minutes.
• Add in the chopped tomatoes, red wine, 2-3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (if using) and 1/4 cup parsley; mix and reduce heat, simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add in the shrimp; cook for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the mixture into a prepared baking dish; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (the added Parmesan cheese for the topping is optional, you may just use the feta for the topping) and then with the 1-1/2 cups (or to taste) of feta cheese.
• Bake for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining parsley, 2 Tbsp lemon juice and black pepper.