Greek style shrimp over a bed of cous cous

week # 6 recipe # 6

Hey guys, so this week i went to a Mediterranean restaurant, and ate some really good shrimp, they were in a kinda spicy tomato sauce and topped with a bit of feta. They were delicious, so I decided to go buy some shrimp and make something similar to what i ate that night. So I got some stuff and inspired by the Greek dish I had, I made a recipe of my own.

what you will need:

- A pound of medium size shrimp ( Jumbo if you like them big )

- One big ripe tomato ( cut into small squares )

- One big onion ( chopped )

- a few hot chillies ( chopped )

- 2 Garlic cloves (minced )

- Olive oil and butter

- 250g Of cous cous

- One cup of water ( or stock )

- Lemon zest

- Sliced almonds

Ok so when you make sure you got everything ready, you are gonna grab your shrimp and peal them and clean them , but leave the tail so they don't shrink. What i like to do is to grab the shells of the shrimp and throw them into a pot with water and make shrimp stock for the cous cous. So when you got your shrimp ready, bring the shrimp stock ( remember to add salt and some olive oil ) to a boil and then add the cous cous, take of the heat and let it puff up and simmer for about 3-4 min on low heat with a few teaspoons of butter. At the end add some lemon zest and shaved almonds for texture. So when you have that done grab your shrimp and season it with salt, pepper and olive oil then throw into a very hot pan to quickly cook and brown the shrimp a bit. After cooking the shrimp for about 3 min take of the heat and save for later with their own juice. Meanwhile heat the pan up again with some olive oil and buter, throw in the onions and garlic along with the tomatoes and chillies, season well and let it become a nice and soft and flavorful sauce for the shrimp. Add the shrimp and their juice back into the pan with the tomato mixture cook on medium heat for about 3 min, taste it and season to taste.

Serve the shrimp over a bed of Lemon zest and Almond cous cous.

So there you have it guys. a restaurant inspired dish. really delicious and fresh. Just try to find the best and most fresh ingredients and you will have yourself a feast. Remember to leave questions as comments or send them as an email. Oh and by the way next Saturday i'm gonna have a live show, check it out by clinking this link at 11 AM USA central time: http://www.blogtv.com/people/cookingkeepsmesane