Friday, February 4, 2011

Shrimp Scampi Fettuccine and Romaine lettuce with orange vinaigrette dressing

This very simple recipe has a tangy lemony twist to it .. a nice change .. quick and easy!!
Fettuccine  pasta cooked Ala Dante 
30 prawns peeled and butterfly them 
1/4 cup  lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest
4 oz butter
2 green onion
1 teaspoon capers
4 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup any kind of sweet fruit  juice
fresh chopped parsley

In a pan, melt butter and add the green onion. Stir and add the garlic, Cook for 2 minutes and add lemon zest and lemon juice. Seasoned with salt and  pepper and add the prawns. (At this point you may add any hot sauce of your choice if you wish) Put in some fruit juice (apple or orange juice is fine. I even pun in lefover longan juice sometimes!!) . Reduce ,When the prawns change color ,turn heat off, add parsley stir and serve over pasta. If you like you may also put in pasta to soak in the sauce and then turn off the heat.

Romain salad with Orange vinaigrette
romaine lettuce
tomato wedges
Red bell pepper
carrot matchsticks
garlic bread croutons (see my recipe for garlic crisps)

For the dressing
In a jar combine the following and shake well
4 tablespoon orange juice concentrate
4 tablespoon virgin olive oil
2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
salt and pepper
shake well


1 comment:

  1. I dah add yr blog to mine. Cuba u tengok. Bole ke macamtu?

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