🇮🇹 Italian

Shrimp in Bianco

Name: Shrimp in Bianco
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 40 g Butter; to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 150 ml White Wine; 400 g Shrimp; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 6 leaves Sage

🇮🇹 Italian

White-wine braised shrimp without tomato — buttery, delicate and quietly elegant. 57 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 42 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter40 g
Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tsp
White Wine150 ml
Shrimp400 g
Stock or Broth500 ml
Sage6 leaves

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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