🇮🇹 Italian

Shrimp Cacciatore

Name: Shrimp Cacciatore
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 200 g Mushrooms; 400 g Shrimp; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 150 ml Red Wine; 2 sprigs Rosemary

🇮🇹 Italian

Low-and-slow braised shrimp in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. 57 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 42 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tsp
Mushrooms200 g
Shrimp400 g
Stock or Broth500 ml
Red Wine150 ml
Rosemary2 sprigs

Optional extras

Fresh Basilhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the shrimp deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the dried oregano.
3
Return the shrimp, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the shrimp yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Shrimp Cacciatore Recipe · on YouTube