Grilled Shrimp with Chive Polenta Cakes

Name: Grilled Shrimp with Chive Polenta Cakes
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp basil, finely chopped; 1 small bunch chives; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 4 servings kosher salt and cracked black pepper; 473 milliliters milk; 59 milliliters olive oil; 1 Tbsp fresh oregano, finely chopped; 680 grams shrimp; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing pyrex dish; 237 milliliters yellow cornmeal

Grilled Shrimp with Chive Polent

Instructions

Butter an 8x8 Pyrex dish. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, combine milk, cornmeal, and butter, and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, over medium high heat. When mixture begins to simmer, add sugar, salt, and chives, and keep stirring until thick, about 15 minutes.

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Cornmeal

Butter

Chives

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Pour into prepared pan and allow to cool and thicken until thick enough to slice, about 3 hours.

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Frying Pan

Place shrimp, olive oil, big pinches of salt and pepper, oregano and basil in a large bowl and toss to combine. Thread onto skewers; place in the fridge until polenta has set.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Oregano

Polenta

Shrimp

Basil

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Skewers

Bowl

When polenta has set carefully un-mold polenta onto cutting board, and cut into 4 even pieces. Preheat grill or grill pan to high heat.

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Polenta

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Cutting Board

Grill Pan

Grill

Gently grill polenta slices until grill marks form, and polenta is heated though, about 8 minutes.

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Polenta

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Grill

Remove from grill and reserve. Grill shrimp skewers until shrimps are pink and beginning to char, about 3 minutes per side.

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Shrimp

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Skewers

Grill

Serve with a chilled rosé and some sliced scallions for garnish.

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Green Onions

Rose Wine

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Ingredients

Servings:

1Tbsp

basil, finely chopped 1small bunch

chives 1teaspoon

kosher salt 4servings

kosher salt and cracked black pepper 473milliliters

milk 59milliliters

olive oil 1Tbsp

fresh oregano, finely chopped 680grams

shrimp 1teaspoon

sugar 2Tbsps

unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing pyrex dish 237milliliters

yellow cornmeal

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp works really well with Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. One wine you could try is Menage a Trois Limelight Pinot Grigio. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 11 dollars.