Basil shrimp
4 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | pounds | Shrimp (up to) |
1½ | cup | Olive oil |
3 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
2 | tablespoons | Pernod liqueur |
⅓ | cup | Fresh basil |
Salt | ||
Freshly ground white pepper |
Directions
Shell, devein and butterfly shrimp. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Mix basil, Pernod, lemon juice and then add to shrimp. Fry shrimp approximately 2 minutes or until just pink. Remove to a large bowl. Pour oil and herbs from skillet over shrimp. Chill. Serve at room temperature on a bed of lettuce with a wedge of lemon and a sprig of fresh basil. Yield: 4 servings.
BEN HUSSMAN (MRS. WALTER, JR.)
From <Traditions:ATasteoftheGoodLife>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .