Salt-Roasted Shrimp with Scampi Dip

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Salt-Roasted Shrimp with Scampi Dip
Salt-roasted shrimp with a buttery, herb dip is a new, appetizer-friendly take on shrimp scampi.

8 servings

Recipe by Tori Ritchie

Photograph by Antonis Achilleos

April 2009

Ingredients

• 1 4-pound box rock salt
• 16 uncooked unpeeled large shrimp
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, chilled, diced
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from bonappetit.com

Preparation

Step 1

Spread salt in 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Arrange shrimp in single layer atop salt.

Preheat oven to 500°F. Boil wine, lemon juice, and garlic in saucepan over medium-high heat until liquid is reduced to 1 tablespoon, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add a few pieces butter; whisk until creamy. Return pan to low heat. Add a few pieces butter; whisk until smooth (do not let mixture boil). Continue whisking in butter, a few pieces at a time. Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper. Let stand while shrimp cook.

Roast shrimp on salt until just opaque in center and shells are pink, 6 to 7 minutes.

Transfer sauce to bowl; nestle in salt.