are you calling me a shrimp?

so mi amigas and i are going to start using this blog as a foodie blog
for us to share our recipes with each other across the united states
and, of course, share funny stories about making the food.

our first recipe is called shrimp paesano.
little background on the recipe.
spina's husband, matthew, used to live in san antonio.
there he found this wonderful dish.
one day he asked his lovely (then) fiance to make it for him.
she whipped it up and said, "oh this is yummy!"
she sent it to me, and i finally found enough time to try it out.

first, the preparation of this meal is so fun.
you get to be a tid bit (lots) messy!
while trying to prepare mine, my phone rang
and i tried to carry on a convo with flour all over me.
needless to say, i created more of a mess than usual...
once you get the shrimp covered in the flour, the rest goes super fast.
and then, before you know, voila!
a wonderful dinner ready for you to devour!

i must say LPH and i really enjoyed this meal.
i inhaled my dish.
so big thanks to matt for having such good taste!

ingredients
1 lb shrimp
1 pint light cream (half & half)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cups (i used more...) flour
1 large egg yolk
1 stick of butter
1 clove of garlic
1/4 cup parsley leaves
chives
1/4 cup lemon juice

preparation
preheat oven to 400 degrees.

pour most of the cream over the shrimp and let marinate for 30 minutes or more.
save some of the cream for the sauce.

drain shrimp and roll the shrimp in flour.
saute in oil over medium heat for 5 minutes.
flip shrimp over.
remove shrimp and put in baking dish.
flip oven to broil and broil shrimp for 5 minutes.

sauce:
mix 1/2 stick of butter, egg yolk, and lemon juice.
heat over medium.
remove from heat.
mix in the other 1/2 stick of butter, garlic, and stir until sauce thickens
add some of the half and half.
add chives and parsley.

you can serve this with pasta or not. we went for the not and it was wonderful!