Roasted Garlic Gambas Recipes

ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Arrange heads of garlic on a baking sheet. Sprinkle garlic with olive oil. Bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour, when the garlic is soft and squeezable, it is ready. Remove, let cool, and serve.

SPANISH GARLIC SHRIMP (GAMBAS AL AJILLO)

Steps:

• Slice garlic thinly. Season shrimp with kosher salt and paprika. Mix to coat.
• Heat garlic and oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until garlic starts to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp and increase heat to high. Toss and turn shrimp with tongs until starting to curl but still undercooked, about 2 minutes. Pour in sherry. Cook, stirring continuously, until sauce comes up to a boil and shrimp is cooked through, about 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley with a spoon.

ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice off the top each head of garlic to expose some of the cloves inside. Place the heads on a piece of foil. Drizzle with olive oil and wrap in the foil. Roast until cloves are lightly browned and tender, about 30 minutes.

ROASTED GARLIC GAMBAS

Steps:

• When cool, squeeze roasted garlic paste from bulbs into large bowl.
• Add shrimp, 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, pepper, leeks and paprika, then gently mix.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in pan over medium-high.
• Add shrimp mixture to the pan and stir fry, working quickly. When the shrimp start to turn pink, deglaze with vermouth, white wine or sherry.
• Rapidly sauté this mixture at high heat until wine reduces and alcohol cooks away, keeping in mind not to overcook (i.e. toughen) the shrimp. The garlic paste will cause the sauce to take on a creamy consistency.
• Before serving, add a sprinkle of either lemon or orange juice allowing the spray from the citrus oil to also fall into the serving dish.
• Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley.
• Serve as an appetizer or as a main dish over rice -- or in a plastic bowl at 2:15 am over the sink or however and whenever you like!

GAMBAS CON AJILLO (SHRIMP WITH GARLIC)

Steps:

• In a cast iron skillet, heat olive oil to medium/high. Add garlic and cook stirring until garlic is fragrant. Increase heat to high and add shrimp.Cook stirring until garlic is beginning to brown and shrimp are cooked through. Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with parsley if using.