TRAMPY SCAMPI

August 21, 2015
The Lady and the Trampy Scampi

The Lady and the Trampy Scampi

I used to stamp my little feet as a child when someone called me a shrimp.  It drove me batty that I wasn’t a “big kid”.  Time changes everything.  Call me a shrimp as an adult and I’ll thank you, and then fantasize about buttery, garlicky goodness.  I am the first to admit that I’ll get trampy for shrimp scampi.  A note to the ladies: you too can put a man like myself under your spell with this dish. There’s something amazing about cooking shellfish in this velvet sauce that grants the chef the power of mind control.  It’s been that way ever since I stole the recipe from a heavily guarded underground vault in Switzerland.  Sure I am wanted by Interpol, but I did it all for you, dear reader.  Who loves ya? Read the rest of this entry »


YES YES Y’ALL! MONTREAL SHRIMP

September 1, 2009
These shrimp are tres tres baba cool.  No?

These shrimp are tres tres baba cool. No?

If this recipe title isn’t obvious enough, I was up in French Canada.  Just call me the ambassador of morally bankrupt American diplomacy.  In other words, I’m your typical ambassador. The fact I wasn’t given a motorcade and a villa with a masseuse and sushi chef is beyond me.  So I did what I always, make do in style. I befriended a pair of Salopes at an art gallery who invited me over for a barbecue the next day.  A bag of shrimp and I was in the door, rifling through their fridge to make something work.  The ingredients below are what they had, and thank god for that!  My new friends were impressed.  One insisted I stay with her for a few days. Canadian-American relations have never been better.

Total time: approximately 20 minutes

Projected cost: $10

Drinking Buddy: Chardonnay or beer

montreal shrimp prepIngredients (serves 2):

1. 1 onion chopper coarsely

2. 2 tbsp olive oil

3. 1 dash red CHILI flakes

4. 1 dash paprika

5. 1 dash salt

6. 2 garlic cloves chopped finely

7. 1 handful parsley chopped

8. 1 lb large SHRIMP in shells

9. ¼ lemon

Step 1

Marinate the shrimp with garlic, lemon juice, salt, paprika, red chili flakes, and 1 tbsp olive oil (approx 10 min).

montreal shrimp marinate

Step 2

Saute the onions in the remaining olive oil until translucent (approx 3 min).  Add the shrimp, spreading them out.  Flip the shrimp when they pinken (approx 2 min per side).  Throw in the parsley and cook another minute.

montreal shrimp saute

Serve these shrimp solo or with a SALAD.

montreal shrimp served 2

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