My new Earthbound Farms cookbook delivered last night. It was a simple French dish, the kind of dish I’d been trying to find for quite some time. It was shrimp, simmered in butter and white wine, tossed with linguine. Some of the nice touches included:
- A shrimp stock which you made by boiling the shrimp shells and tails for 15 minutes ahead of time.
- Diced tomatoes and basil, which gave the dish a touch more flavor and complexity.
- Lemon juice, which added a subtle vinegary layer.
My issues with the recipe were similar to that of the other recipe I’ve cooked from the book. The proportions were off again. 1 pound of shrimp for 4 people? That’s enough for 2 people. 1 pound of pasta? That’s enough for about 3-4 people. And 1 whole lemon juiced into the dish? It gave it a hell of bite. I’d cut that in half.
In the end, complaints with proportions aside, the dish was money.
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Tags: earthbound farms, french, Shrimp
