Shrimp with Oil and Lemon

Gamberi all’Olio e Limone

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a light lunch
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      20 min

Appears in
How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

  • About

The most prized, and often most expensive, produce and seafood in markets in Italy have signs next to them that say nostrano. It literally means “ours, ” or local, and that is what Italians value most when buying food. One of the perks of living in Florida is being able to buy fresh pink Key West shrimp off the back of a truck on the side of the road. When shrimp are that fresh, this is my favorite way of preparing them. Adding vinegar to the water the shrimp cook in is a little tric