Shrimp In Creamy Lemon Sauce


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Ingredients

1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined and de-tailed
Splash of olive oil
2 tbs. butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tbs. all-purpose flour
Salt
Pepper
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 1/2 cups of whole milk

Preparation

1
Heat skillet over medium high heat.
2
Add olive oil and place shrimp in a concentric circle in pan and season with salt & pepper, cooking for 3 minutes on first side, then flipping, seasoning and cooking an additional 2 minutes on the other.
3
Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside.
4
Reduce heat to medium low and add butter to pan.
5
Add minced garlic and cook for one minute.
6
Whisk in flour and continue to whisk until a golden brown.
7
Slowly add the milk, continuing to whisk until completely incorporated.
8
Season with salt, pepper, lemon zest and lemon juice.
9
Bring heat back up until a simmer and the sauce thickens to coat the back of a spoon.
10
Add shrimp back into the sauce and let them heat back through.
11
Serve over the pasta of your choice, garnished with parsley.

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Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 1:52am

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