Olive Oil Poached Shrimp Crostini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 baguette
2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
1/4 cup parsley, fresh (chopped)
salt and pepper

Preparation

Combine the shrimp, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, red pepper flakes, and salt/pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Slice the baguette into crostinis and line onto sheet tray.
Bake until the crostinis are golden brown. Remove from oven and set aside.
Heat a saute pan over medium high heat, once hot add the shrimp mixture.
If garlic starts to burn turn the heat down.
Cook until the shrimp are cooked through, turn pink, about 8 minutes.
Toss parsley into the shrimp mixture.
Place shrimp and olive oil in a bowl and serve with crostinis on the side.