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.
Anonymous says
February 6, 2013 at 6:01 amI 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!
[eatingclub] vancouver || js says
March 28, 2009 at 3:49 amThis 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. 😉
cook eat FRET says
March 11, 2009 at 1:39 pmwonderful combo
i like this one!
Jenny says
March 8, 2009 at 1:03 pmThat is quick, and an easy clean up – I like it! (And so colorful too.)
Kevin says
March 7, 2009 at 9:24 pmThat salad looks nice and fresh and light and good!
Grace says
March 7, 2009 at 4:47 pmyou know what? i don’t think i’ve ever heard of shrimp being roasted before. thanks for the eye-opener!
karen says
March 7, 2009 at 2:11 pmlooks 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! 🙂
hannahkinley says
March 7, 2009 at 6:56 amYour pictures make it so realistic. I can almost taste your dish. Looks Great
Debinhawaii says
March 6, 2009 at 9:06 pmSuch a beautiful salad–it looks and sounds delicious. And I am all for simple recipes! Great pick!
Michelle says
March 7, 2009 at 12:59 amLooks so good and fresh too! I’m copying this for our first 70 degree day!
Megan says
March 7, 2009 at 12:56 am2 pans and bacon? Count me in – I am definitely making this soon….
Lisa says
March 6, 2009 at 3:58 pmWhat a beautiful spring dish! I would really enjoy having that for dinner tonight.
Rita says
March 6, 2009 at 4:00 amIt may be a Tyler recipe, but you made it look so appetizing! I’ll be trying it out on Sunday, thanks.
Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) says
March 6, 2009 at 2:45 amWill have to try this without the bacon, but it surely does look delicious!
Ace C says
March 5, 2009 at 8:34 pmGet me a plane ticket I’m coming for dinner.
Shari@Whisk: a food blog says
March 6, 2009 at 12:52 amBeautiful photos! I bet this is good!!
Katherine Aucoin says
March 5, 2009 at 3:45 pmThis 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.
Abigail Hutchinson says
March 5, 2009 at 3:44 pmThis 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
Terri and Bob says
March 5, 2009 at 2:25 pmYummy! Its actually four words! This looks great for my Friday night meal!
noble pig says
March 5, 2009 at 6:12 pmYeah and his TV kitchen is always so clean! This looks awesome.
Pam says
March 5, 2009 at 5:08 pmOh my. This is the perfect salad. YUM!
Alisa - Frugal Foodie says
March 5, 2009 at 5:06 pmThat looks beautiful … I love photos of salads, so colorful… now I just need to eat more of them!
Peter M says
March 5, 2009 at 4:06 pmA 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.
Paula says
March 5, 2009 at 3:54 pmOh 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!
Marjie says
March 5, 2009 at 3:53 pm“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.
Iva says
March 5, 2009 at 3:40 pmOh yum, does this ever look wonderful! Will certainly be trying it soon.
Donna-FFW says
March 5, 2009 at 2:50 pmYou 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!
Antoinette says
March 5, 2009 at 1:27 pmIt looks so savory and colorful! Ah, bacon…. I miss bacon just a little bit….