Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polenta

Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polenta
Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polentan is a gluten free main course. One portion of this dish contains about 33g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 535 calories. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up pepper, butter, shrimp, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

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In a medium saucepan, bring 3 1/2 cups water to a boil.
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Add 1/2 tsp. salt.
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Pour in polenta in a thin stream, whisking constantly, and whisk until mixture comes to a steady simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover, and stir every 5 minutes until done, about 25 minutes total.
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Meanwhile, in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, cook bacon until fat renders and edges start to brown and crisp. While bacon cooks, trim stems and ends of green onions, leaving onions as intact as possible.
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Drain bacon on paper towels, chop, and set aside.
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Remove all but 1 tbsp. bacon fat from the pan.
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Add whole green onions and cook until soft and starting to brown, about 3 minutes; turn and brown opposite sides, about 3 minutes more. While green onions cook, halve tomatoes along the equator and sprinkle cut sides with salt and pepper. Chop garlic. Set both aside.
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Transfer green onions to a baking sheet or platter and cover to keep warm. Put tomato halves cut side down in pan with bacon fat and cook until starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until heated through and a bit soft, about 3 minutes more.
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Transfer to baking sheet with green onions to keep warm.
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Add garlic to pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Add shrimp and cook, stirring constantly, until starting to turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes.
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Pour in wine and continue cooking, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the pan, until shrimp is cooked through, about 2 minutes.
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Remove from heat.
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Stir butter, cheese, and bacon into polenta. Divide polenta among 4 to 6 plates and top with shrimp and remaining liquid in the pan, dividing evenly. Set a tomato half and several green onions beside polenta.
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Serve immediately.

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Shrimp. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.
St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio
St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio
Depending on the soil and microclimate, Pinot gris varies from a simple everyday wine all the way up to absolute top growths. The warm, sun-exposed vineyards of the Anger sites, with their loamy limestone gravel soils, are a textbook example. The Anger Alto Adige Pinot Grigio has a noble structure, nice balance and fine acidity – making it an absolute pleasure to drink. The strong white goes well with fish and fish soup, guinea fowl breast or veal fillet.
DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score9
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