Shrimp In Creamy Lemon Sauce
By: Shawna
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 1:52am

Ingredients




1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined and de-tailed
Splash of olive oil

2 tbs. butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tbs. all-purpose flour
Salt

Pepper

Zest of 1 lemon

Juice of 1/2 lemon

2 1/2 cups of whole milk

Preparation

1 Heat skillet over medium high heat. 2 Add olive oil and place shrimp in a concentric circle in pan and season with salt & pepper, cooking for 3 minutes on first side, then flipping, seasoning and cooking an additional 2 minutes on the other. 3 Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside. 4 Reduce heat to medium low and add butter to pan. 5 Add minced garlic and cook for one minute. 6 Whisk in flour and continue to whisk until a golden brown. 7 Slowly add the milk, continuing to whisk until completely incorporated. 8 Season with salt, pepper, lemon zest and lemon juice. 9 Bring heat back up until a simmer and the sauce thickens to coat the back of a spoon. 10 Add shrimp back into the sauce and let them heat back through. 11 Serve over the pasta of your choice, garnished with parsley.