Pink Shrimp with Garlic
Ripe Green Tomato
Purple Basil and Feta
Served Over Linguine
The Green Giant Heirloom Tomato is ripe when chartreuse in color and slightly soft. This is a tomato that never turns red. They are referred to as green-when-ripe tomatoes, or GWR, and should not be confused with unripened red tomatoes. They have a wonderful complex, sweet and spicy flavor.
Sauté shrimp in half olive oil/half butter with lots of garlic.
When the shrimp are almost cooked, add some dried oregano, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, and a splash of white wine. After a minute or two (taking care not to overcook the shrimp) turn off the heat then add chopped green tomato, chiffonade of purple basil, and crumbled feta. Toss gently to combine. Adjust seasoning.
Serve the warm shrimp mixture over linguine.
Now, although I can’t take credit for the delicious marriage of these particular ingredients (shrimp, tomato, basil, feta) I think this unique pink, green and purple color combination offers a nice twist on the classic…
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This dish is torturing me 🙁 I LOVE shrimp & it looks so delish & irresistible. You should be glad I wasn't around, LOL.
Thanks EVERYONE for your comments! I am glad that you liked the shrimp and the twist on the colors. I am a color aficionado, you should see my house!
I love shrimps on pasta! I love the pretty colours of this pasta dish! 🙂
OMG I love this, it looks and sounds delish!
Oh my goodness!! All of this food looks fabulous!
what a great treat!!! now, i’m really hungry… 🙂
I think you should adopt me.
Great blog! Love your recipes. I’ll be back often to visit!
i sure do miss eating shrimp! this looks so good. i’m so glad my clients do ask for it regularly as it allows me to eat it vicariously thru them !:)
Peter is great… love is food.
Yes indeed, a delicious twist, green tomatoes and purple basil… with shrimp, yum..yum…
I’m smelling that garlic in the air!!! The splash of wine, the basil, feta and that fabulous tomato! I’d love to twist my fork in it all!
Hi Lori, I love shrimp and yours are sooooo big and juicy and over linguine??? I am drooling now and I haven’t made anything for dinner!!
The colour spectrum here is Oooh la la! Eating green tomatoes that are real sweet is such a kick.
These shrimps make me craving.The color is beautiful and the photo is gorgeous as well
I thought you were making a really weird version of lucky charms 😉
Beautiful!
and how can you go wrong with shrimp, tomatoes, basil and feta?
I will be making this one when we get home from the beach. In fact I’ll make sure we stop by and pick up some shrimp on the way.