Feta And Shrimp

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups tomatoes, skinned and chopped
• 2 -3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon ouzo or 1 tablespoon pernod (optional)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, cleaned and deveined (raw weight)
• 6 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 tablespoons capers, drained and chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add tomatoes.
• 3 cook, stirring frequently, until tomatoes soften and give up some of their juice.
• 4 add crushed garlic, bay leaf, and ouzo (if using) and cook five minutes more.
• 5 remove from heat, discard the bay leaf.
• 6 stir in oregano and salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 lightly coat four or six individual baking dishes with olive oil, place shrimp in the bottom of each dish, top shrimp with tomato sauce.
• 8 divide the feta cheese, over the top of each dish, sprinkle with capers.
• 9 (you can also use a single baking dish, 8-10 inches square or diameter).
• 10 bake for 15-20 minutes until hot and bubbly and shrimp is cooked through, cooking time will vary according to the size of the shrimp, cut into a shrimp to be sure it is cooked through.