When the days get longer my appetite for long hours in the kitchen becomes radically reduced. Fortunately or unfortunately, my appetite for food does not decrease pro rata. So in the late spring and early summer I begin to think about grilling and making meals that are much lighter but still satisfying. Below is a recipe that combines salty feta, briny olives and sweet prawns. It is quite simple to make and always a crowd pleaser in our house.
BT's Simple Grilled Shrimp and Dill Feta Pasta
Ingredients:
Marinade:
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon chopped dill
1 tablespoon Greek oregano
1/2 lemon - juiced
3 tablespoons Greek olive oil
Shrimp:
36 medium sized prawns - shells on, heads removed
Pasta:
2 cubanelle peppers
1 small red onion
1/2 pound (250 grams) cherry tomatoes
1/3 pound (150 grams) goat or sheep feta in brine
1/3 cup kalamata olives
1 tablespoon Greek oregano
2 tablespoon chopped dill
2 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 lemon
1/2 cup (120 ml) Greek olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 pound (450 grams) dried orecchiette or radiatori
water for boiling pasta
Directions:
Make marinade. Add to rectangular baking dish large enough to hold skewers
Devein prawns
Thread the prawns onto wooden skewers
Place skewers in marinade
Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour
While prawns are marinating clean and dice peppers
Slice cherry tomatoes into quarters
Dice onion into small pieces
Chop dill and parsley
Place peppers, tomatoes, onions and herbs into shallow, wide mouth bowl
Add oregano and salt
Crumble feta cheese over vegetables
Add olives
Pour olive oil over salad
Zest lemon and then juice
Add zest and juice to bowl
Set aside
Remove prawns from refrigerator 1/2 hour before grilling
Cook pasta in salted water until al dente - approximately 8-9 minutes
When pasta is cooking grill prawns - approximately 5 minutes
Using slotted spoon, (do not use colander) lift cooked pasta from boiling water and add one spoon at a time to bowl. Some cooking water will be caught in the pasta and will heat up the oil and lemon dressing
When all the pasta has been incorporated serve immediately with grilled skewers
Enjoy! !בתיאבון
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