
Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (additionally referred to as langoustines). Italian cooks in the US swapped shrimp for scampi, however stored each names. Thus the dish was born, together with inevitable variations.
This basic recipe makes a easy garlic, white wine and butter sauce that goes effectively with a pile of pasta or with a hunk of crusty bread. Nevertheless you make the dish, as soon as the shrimp are added to the pan, the trick is to cook dinner them simply lengthy sufficient that they flip pink throughout, however not till their our bodies curl into rounds with the feel of tires. (Watch the video of Melissa Clark making classic shrimp scampi here.)