Shrimp in Tomato and Feta Sauce
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Since returning from vacation, I've been looking to prepare interesting dishes with tomatoes. Because I know that once their season passes, I miss them terribly. Nothing do I long for more in the cold season than a ripe tomato. This shrimp in tomato and feta sauce recipe is exactly how I ate it in Crete, known there as "garides saganaki".
Ingredients
15 shrimp
500 g tomatoes (very ripe)
1 very small onion
3 garlic cloves
1 bay leaf
70 g feta cheese
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
salt, black pepper
Servings: 2
How to prepare shrimp in tomato and feta sauce
- Clean the shrimp (you can leave the tails on if you wish). Rinse quickly under running water and dry with paper towels.
- In a tablespoon of hot oil, quickly sauté the finely chopped onion until soft. Add the crushed garlic and sauté for another minute.
- Add the peeled tomatoes pureed in a food processor (or grated). Season with ground black pepper, a little salt, and the bay leaf.
- Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes over medium heat until reduced.
- Remove the sauce from heat and blend briefly with an immersion blender (or in a blender/food processor). Crumble about 50 g of feta into the sauce, add the olive oil and stir. Adjust the sauce with salt and pepper.
- In an oven-safe dish, place half of the tomato sauce, arrange the shrimp on top, and cover with tomato sauce. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
- Bake in the oven under the grill set to maximum for 10 minutes, until the cheese on top is lightly browned.
- Serve immediately with fresh bread.
Cleaned shrimp
Add the tomato pulp to the pan
Simmer the tomato sauce
Blended tomato sauce
Layer of tomato sauce with shrimp
Cover everything with tomato sauce and bake
