Dinner for Two: Grilled Garlic Bread with White Bean Shrimp Scampi

Name: Dinner for Two: Grilled Garlic Bread with White Bean Shrimp Scampi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, diced; 425 grams cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 1 pinch A of chili flakes; 10 cloves garlic, sliced or chopped, plus 1 whole clove; 4 extra thick slices of excellent crusty, rustic round bread; 118 milliliters dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio; 2 Tbsps olive oil plus extra for drizzling; 118 milliliters fresh flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped; 2 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 454 grams thawed frozen peeled and deveined large shrimp

The recipe Dinner for Two: Grilled Garlic Bread with White Bean Shrimp Scampi could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in about 10 minutes. One portion of this dish contains around 70g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 1000 calories. This recipe serves 2. Plenty of people really liked this main course. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event. If you have shrimp, extran of crusty, olive oil plus extra, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat a grill pan over high heat or the oven to 450°F.

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Oven

Drizzle the bread lightly with olive oil on both sides, and grill or toast on both sides.

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Olive Oil

Bread

Toast

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Grill

Cut the whole garlic clove in half. When the bread is toasted, rub the hot bread all over with the cut side of the garlic, and season lightly with salt.

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Garlic

Bread

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

In a large braising pan, head 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the shrimp, and season with the chili flakes, salt and pepper. Cook just until the shrimp are pink and curled, turning once. Set the shrimp aside with a slotted spoon.

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Salt And Pepper

Red Pepper Flakes

Shrimp

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Slotted Spoon

Add the garlic to the hot oil, and just heat through until you can smell it—less than 30 seconds.

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Garlic

Cooking Oil

Add the wine and beans and bring to a boil. Gently whisk in the cold butter and parsley.

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Parsley

Butter

Beans

Wine

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Whisk

Add the shrimp back in to the sauce, and spoon over the waiting garlic bread. If you want to be extra gourmet, add in a heaping handful of torn baby arugula. Bon app!

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Baby Arugula