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    Boiled Shrimp with Dipping Sauces

    List of Ingredients




    Everyone likes to eat shrimp, especially plump pink shrimp still warm from their seasoned poaching liquid. You can prepare any number of dipping sauces, including Green Sauce, Arugula Pesto or Lemon Mayonnaise.

    kosher salt
    1/2 lemon, stuck with 3 cloves
    1 small onion, peeled and sliced thin
    5 sprigs Italian parsley
    10 peppercorns
    1 lb. large shrimp (about 16-20 per pound), peeled and
    deveined
    lemon wedges



    Recipe




    1
    Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling and add the sliced lemon, sliced onion, parsley and peppercorns. Remove the pot from
    the heat.
    2
    Stir the shrimp into the water and let stand just until the shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes. Remove the shrimp to a serving platter with a slotted spoon. Place small bowls of one or more sauces on the serving platter and garnish with lemon wedges.

    Makes 4 servings

    Christopher Styler, "Primi Piatti"

 

 

 


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