Email to MEAN CHEF      

Recipe Categories: MEANCHEF's HOME PAGEAPPETIZERS Asparagus BBQ Beans Beef BREAD BREAKFASTBRUNCH Brines Broccoli Brusselssprouts Cabbage Cake CANDY CASSEROLES Cauliflower Cheese Chicken Chiles Clams Condiment COOKIES Corn Crab DESSERTS DipsandSpreads Dough Drinks Duck Eggplant EGGS Favorites FISHandSEAFOOD FROSTING Gumbo Halibut IceCream Lamb MakeYourOwn MARINADES MEATS Muffins Mushrooms Mussels Oysters PASTA PASTRIES PIE PIZZA Pork Potato POULTRY RICE Roux RUBS SALADandDRESSING Salmon Salsa SANDWICHES SAUCES Scallops Shrimp Snapper SOUP SOUPSandSTEWS Spinach STEW STOCK TART Tuna VEGETABLES

Cilantro-Pumpkin Seed Shrimp




Source of Recipe


???


List of Ingredients




Cilantro-Pumpkin Seed Sauce:
1 bunch cilantro (cut off large stems)
1/4 cup raw pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese or queso Cotija cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 cup olive oil

Shrimp:
2 tablespoons olive oil
24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined (tails on)
1/4 cup white wine
1 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper


Recipe



For sauce: Purée all ingredients in a blender to a pestolike consistency.
Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.
Add shrimp and sauté until opaque (about 2 minutes on each side).
Remove from pan and keep warm.
Deglaze pan with white wine and reduce over high heat for 1 minute.
Add heavy cream and reduce to a tomato-sauce-like consistency.
Stir in 2 to 3 tablespoons cilantro—pumpkin seed sauce and season with salt and pepper.
To serve, place shrimp on plates and drizzle with sauce.