Okay here are two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence…Tyler Florence and easy. Wait, that’s three words. Whatever. Don’t get me wrong, I love and adore Tyler Florence, but the man likes pots and pans and lots of steps.
So, when I came upon this simple little recipe in Tyler’s Ultimate: Brilliant Simple Food to Make Any Time
White Bean and Roasted Shrimp Salad with Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette
Serves 4
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 slices bacon, cut crosswise into 1/2 inch pieces
extra-virgin olive oil
kosher salt
8 fresh sage leaves
cracked black pepper
1 pint mixed red and yellow cherry or grape tomatoes
1 can (14 oz) cannellini beans, drained
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 bunch watercress, stems trimmed just above the rubber band
Preheat the oven to 350. Arrange 2 racks in the oven.
Arrange the shrimp in a single layer on half of a large baking sheet and put the bacon pieces on the other half. Drizzle with olive oil and season the shrimp with salt and scatter the sage leaves and pepper over all. Stick that into the oven and roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the shrimp are cooked through and the bacon is crisp and browned and the fat has been rendered.
At the same time, on a second baking sheet, drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and toss. Put the tomatoes in the oven and roast until they burst, about 10 minutes.
Scrape the tomatoes, shrimp, bacon and any juices into a large bow. Add the beans, the vinegar, and a healthy drink of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in the watercress.
This was wonderful. Really the flavors married well, and it was so easy! This will be my entry for this week’s Tyler Florence Fridays. Be sure and check out the round-up sometime Friday afternoon.
I have made this same dish using pancetta or proscuitto (‘cos that’s what I had in the fridge) AND it’s simple and extremely delish. Gonna make it again this Fri. Yum!
This looks fantastic! I have yet to try the white beans and shrimp together: this looks like the winner.
I hear ya on the pots and pans. I usually base my cooking decisions on how many utensils/implements/cookware I have to wash in the end. 😉
wonderful combo
i like this one!
That is quick, and an easy clean up – I like it! (And so colorful too.)
That salad looks nice and fresh and light and good!
you know what? i don’t think i’ve ever heard of shrimp being roasted before. thanks for the eye-opener!
looks and sounds absolutely delicious, i have a tendency to skip over light salad recipes like this but i need to pay more attention. and i love recipes that don’t wreck the kitchen! 🙂
Your pictures make it so realistic. I can almost taste your dish. Looks Great
Such a beautiful salad–it looks and sounds delicious. And I am all for simple recipes! Great pick!
Looks so good and fresh too! I’m copying this for our first 70 degree day!
2 pans and bacon? Count me in – I am definitely making this soon….
What a beautiful spring dish! I would really enjoy having that for dinner tonight.
It may be a Tyler recipe, but you made it look so appetizing! I’ll be trying it out on Sunday, thanks.
Will have to try this without the bacon, but it surely does look delicious!
Get me a plane ticket I’m coming for dinner.
Beautiful photos! I bet this is good!!
This will be a great salad to go with whatever I hope we are grilling outside Saturday as I worship the warm weather!
I had to laugh at your comment about Tyler and simple. I think if he had to clean up after himself he’d make more simple dishes like this.
This looks sooo delicious! I want to eat it right now – even for breakfast! hehe! I just nominated you for an award on my blog!
~Abigail
Yummy! Its actually four words! This looks great for my Friday night meal!
Yeah and his TV kitchen is always so clean! This looks awesome.
Oh my. This is the perfect salad. YUM!
That looks beautiful … I love photos of salads, so colorful… now I just need to eat more of them!
A good point…more attention should be made to the amount of dishes used in a dish.
I like the thought you took to pair the shrimp with micro-greens…well-proportioned and again, tasty looking meal.
Oh Yummy Day! This is my kind of salad. Really. I mean, shrimp and bacon together? Brilliant! Now the salad that I had planned for today seems so blah. I want this instead!
“only 2 baking sheets”? My girls laugh at me because I wash and reuse my measuring cups, spoons, etc, because I don’t want more and more to wash. They love using every bowl, spoon and pan in the place, and it drives me nuts! This shrimp looks great, and my boys swear that everything is better with bacon or BBQ sauce.
Oh yum, does this ever look wonderful! Will certainly be trying it soon.
You are so right about Tyler and the dishes.. Worth it though many times. This dish, Pam, looks so OUTSTANDING!! I may have to steal it for next week. LOVE it!
It looks so savory and colorful! Ah, bacon…. I miss bacon just a little bit….