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Delicious: garlic shrimp in white wine

Shrimp with garlic

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the food lovers of online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat and what to cook. This time our chefs serve you: garlic shrimp with white wine.

In ten minutes they are on the table, these delicious pink giants. Full of garlic, lemon, and a generous splash of white wine – what you do with the rest of that bottle is entirely up to you.

INGREDIENTS

500 gr large shrimp, peeled but raw – optionally with tails
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
salt
3 – 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
½ tsp chili flakes
½ glass of white wine (for example: sauvignon blanc)
2 tbsp chopped parsley
black pepper
1 tbsp lemon juice

Buy the shrimp in the freezer, in those large bags, and take them out the morning before you want to eat them and place them in a bowl in the refrigerator. This is the best way to defrost them.

Forgot? Then you can let them defrost in a sturdy ziplock bag in cold water. Change the water every half hour. Furthermore, it really is no work to make these shrimp. Serve with fries, or if you're in a healthy mood: rice and possibly a salad.

Here's how to make garlic shrimp

  1. Heat the oil and butter and sauté the garlic with the chili flakes.
  2. Add the shrimp and stir-fry them until they start to change color. Shake the pan so that the shrimp get color on all sides. Deglaze with the white wine when the shrimp are all pink.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat. Sprinkle the parsley, lemon juice, and black pepper over it, and possibly some salt.
  4. Serve immediately with some baguette, pasta, or with rice.

Wine tip
Cliché but therefore no less true: fish should swim. And these garlic shrimp feel at home with a cool glass Viñas del Vero Luces blanco like a fish in water. This delicious Spanish wine is made from three grapes: chardonnay, macabeo, and sauvignon blanc. And this trio guarantees a wine that is both dry and fresh and juicy. A bit of peach, a bit of lemon; actually exactly what you crave with this summer weather. Nice and easy going, and what's also quite nice: starting tomorrow it's on sale at the Appie too. We've picked it out for you again.

Text: Favorflav