Roasted Tomatoes with Shrimp and Feta

Caroline made this incredible dish for me a few weeks ago and I'm still thinking about it. She served it over orechiette, I tried the fusilli and made a chicken version for teenager. It was a huge hit with the family and was even better eaten at work the next day!

Serves 6| Hands-On Time: 15m| Total Time: 40m

Ingredients

• 5  large tomatoes, cut into eighths
• 3  tablespoons  olive oil
• 2  tablespoons  minced garlic
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 1/2  pounds  medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2  cup  chopped fresh parsley
• 2  tablespoons  lemon juice
• 1  cup  Feta, crumbled
• crusty bread, for serving

Directions

1. Heat oven to 450° F. Place the tomatoes in a large baking dish and spoon the olive oil and garlic over them.
2. Sprinkle with ¾ teaspoon each salt and pepper and toss. Roast on top rack of oven for 20 minutes.
3. Remove baking dish from oven and stir in the shrimp, parsley, and lemon juice. Sprinkle with the Feta.
4. Return the dish to oven until the shrimp are cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve warm with the bread.

By Cynthia Nicholson , September, 2004
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Red Curry Lobster and Crab

I really wish you could smell this amazing dish. The first time I went to Orlando to spend time with M's family, the smell of this dish greeted me as I walked through the door. It is one of the most amazing dishes I've ever tasted (and one of the messiest to eat!). The ingredient list is daunting and hopefully, I can convince the fishmonger to cut up the live lobster and crab for me.

Red Curry Lobster and Crab
- finely diced garlic, shallot and galangal
- 4 oz Maesri red curry paste
- 4-5 stalks of lemongrass pureed
- Chiffonade kaffir lime leaves
- 1 13.5 oz can of Chef's Choice coconut milk
- sugar
- oyster sauce
- cut up live lobster and crab with mustard set aside
- 1 small yellow onion rough chop
- thai basil leaves

In a large wok, heat a high heat oil. Add the garlic, shallot and galangal. Add the entire can of red curry paste. Add the pureed lemongrass and half of the kaffir lime leaves. Add the coconut milk, sugar and oyster sauce and stir. Add lobster and crab (hold the mustard for towards the end). Add onions, mix and bring to simmer. Add the lobster and crab mustard and cook for a few minutes. Turn off the heat and add the rest of the kaffir lime leaves and the thai basil. Enjoy with rice.