Shrimps in Spicy Tomato Sauce

side sauce traditional recipe

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An old time favorite, perfect with spags.

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Ingredients

• 500 gr of Shrimps
• 1 kg of Tomatoes
• 4 Shallots
• 6 Garlic cloves
• 1 Bouquet Garni
• Parsley
• 50 cl of Fish ‘fumet’ (dry broth)
• 30 cl of Dru White Wine
• 1 Tbsp of Tomatoe paste
• Cayenne Pepper
• 1 Hot pepper
• Salt & Pepper

Method

1. In a pan, heat some olive oil and saute the shrimps (whole), once cooked (5 minutes) set aside
2. Boil some water, then drop the tomatoes into the boling water for 2 minutes to ease removing the skin
3. Remove the skin and seeds of the tomatoes
4. Cut (emincer) the shallots, garlic and hot pepper
5. In the same pan, heat some oil then heat the shallots (fondre), then add the garlic
6. Mix the fish fumet with the white wine, the tomatoes cut in bits, the tomatoe paste
7. Throw the mix into the pan
8. Add the garlic, the spice, the hot pepper (molo si vince est la!), and the bouquet garni
9. Let it simmer for about 20 minutes
10. In the meantime, skin the shrimps if necessary
11. Now is a good time to boil the water for the pasta
12. After 20 minutes, check the liquid level, if necessary turn up the heat to reduce a bit.
13. Add the shrimp and simmer for another 7 mn
14. Cook the pasta
15. Remove the bouquet garni and serve

Note: Rice or Pasta work well for this dish.

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Traditional
Serve	4
Preparation Time	30 mn
Cooking Time	60 mn
Temperature
Authors	Pascal Crausaz
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