Shrimp Bakatsias- Garithes Bakatsias

By amaliana

A delicious gourmet meal by one of the Triangle area's best-known chef.

Bakatsias Cuisine, Durham, N.C.

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 3 pounds fresh spinach, trimmed and washed
• 5 ounces fine noodles, cooked and drained
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• Shrimp-Tomato sauce(Below)
• Romano cheese, grated
• 6 to 8 whole green onions, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 ripe tomato, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 ounces dry white wine
• 1/2 ounce brandy
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Salt and pepper
• 1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Blanch spinach in boiling, salted water; drain well. Briefly saute spinach in 3 tablespoons hot butter. In another pan, saute cooked noodles briefly in remaining butter. Spread spinach in a circle on a plate. Place a mound of noodles in the center; top with shrimp-tomato sauce. Sprinkle with Romano cheese.

Sauce:
Saute onions in 1/4 cup hot butter until tender. Add the next 8 ingredients and cook down(uncovered) over medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until sauce thickens. In another pan, saute shrimp and garlic in remaining butter for 2 minutes; season lightly with salt and pepper. Drain. Add shrimp and feta cheese to tomato mixture; simmer 1 minute. Pour sauce over spinach and noodles.