Garides Me Feta Recipes

Steps:

• 1. n a heavy skillet, sauté onion in butter and oil over medium-high heat until soft.
• 2. Add wine, tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano. Bring to boil, lower heat to medium, and simmer until sauce is slightly thickened.
• 3. Stir in cheese and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Adjust seasonings.
• 4. Just before serving, add shrimp to simmering sauce and cook for 5 minutes or until shrimp are just tender. Do not overcook.
• 5. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately .

Steps:

• Put rack in middle of oven and preheat to 425ºF.
• Spray or oil a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Heat 1 Tablespoon olive oil in 4 quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat.
• Add onon, garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes and saute until onion is soft, about 3 minutes (stir constantly).
• Add wine, bring to a boil and reduce by half, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and salt and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer briskly until sauce is slightly thickened (stir frequently), about 8 minutes.
• Stir shrimp into sauce and simmer, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are just cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• MEANWHILE:
• Cook orzo pasta in 6 - 8 qts. boiling water with 1 tablespoon salt until al dente (see package directions).
• Thoroughly drain orzo, reserving 1/2 cup of the water.
• Return orzo to pot and toss with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Stir sauce and reserved cooking water into orzo.
• Add olives and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon half pasta into oiled baking dish and sprinkle with half of feta.
• Top with remaining pasta and feta.
• Bake, uncovered until cheese is slightly melted, 10 - 15 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Fry the onions in oil until transparent.
• Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaf, salt, pepper, sugar and a little water.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Clean the shrimp.
• Place the shrimp in a baking dish and cover with the onion mixture.
• Place the feta slices on top.
• Bake in a very hot oven for 6 to 8 minutes.

Steps:

• Put 4 tablespoons olive oil in a wide skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 to 8 minutes. Lower heat as necessary to keep mixture from browning. Remove from heat while preparing tomatoes.
• Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add whole tomatoes and cook for about 2 minutes, until skins loosen. Immediately plunge tomatoes in a bowl of cold water to cool, then drain. With a paring knife, core tomatoes and slip off skins. Cut tomatoes into thick wedges.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Return skillet to stove over medium-high heat. Add tomato wedges and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until mixture is juicy and tomatoes have softened, about 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to a shallow earthenware baking dish.
• Put shrimp in a mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, season shrimp with salt and pepper and stir to coat. Arrange shrimp over tomato mixture in one layer. Crumble cheese over surface and sprinkle with oregano.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until tomatoes are bubbling and cheese has browned slightly. Remove from oven and let dish rest for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with mint and serve.