Shrimp Buzara-Style

Name: Shrimp Buzara-Style
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 2 tbsp. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 1 ½ tbsp. tomato paste; 1 cup white wine; 24 large shell-on shrimp (about 1 lb.), deveined

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Comfort Food

By The Editors of Saveur

Published 2015

About

Adapted from Lidia Bastianich’s Lidia’s Italy, this dish hails from Italy’s Adriatic coast and borrows its name from the neighbors across the sea: Buzara is Croatian for “stew.” Tomato paste, white wine, and plenty of fresh parsley make for a simple yet delectable broth—you’ll want some crusty bread to sop it up.

Ingredients

¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2

Europe
Italy
Croatia
Fish course
Stew
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Heat oil in a 12″ skillet over medium-high. Add garlic and shallots and cook for 1–2 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook 2 minutes more. Add wine and ½ cup water; reduce for 6 minutes. Add shrimp, salt, and pepper and cook, flipping shrimp halfway, 3–4 minutes, or until shrimp are p