Normally I like to serve this delicious roasted shrimp from Ina Garten with a homemade cocktail sauce. For a change of pace I also made Chef John’s Lemon Aioli with cured lemons. This is too good with a perfect lemon touch – yum!
Cured Lemons
- 3-4 large lemons, sliced thin
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
Slice the lemons and pick out the seeds. Mix the sugar and salt together. In a shallow container layer lemon slices, cover with the sugar and salt, repeat until all the lemons are covered. Cover tightly and leave on your counter for 3 days. Then refrigerate in canning jars if you have them as the lemons fit just perfectly. They will keep several months, refrigerated.
Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com
Lemon Aioli
- 2 slices cured lemon
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise ( I always use low fat and the aioli tastes great!)
- 1 tbsp. fresh tarragon (or to taste) minced
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
Soak lemon slices briefly in cold water for about 10 minutes; remove, dry and mince.
Combine the lemon, mayonnaise, tarragon and lemon juice and chill. Serve with a pound of grilled shrimp, or as I prefer to roast them ahead of time.
Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com
Ina's Roasted Shrimp
- 2 lbs. (12 to 15 count) shrimp
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
Pre-heat the oven to 400°F. Peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails on if desired. Combine the shrimp, olive oil and salt and pepper and spread them on a baking sheet. Roast for about 10 minutes, they will turn pink and start to curl up nicely; cool.
Serve with your own homemade sauce, or you can buy cocktail sauce at the store or use the following recipe:
- 1/2 cup chili sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 3 tbsp. prepared horseradish
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp. hot sauce such as tabasco
Combine above ingredients and serve with shrimp.
Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com
Update Oct. 28, 2018: I just received Ina’s 11th cookbook, Cooking Like A Pro and she included her roasted shrimp recipe (above) along with a Cocktail Louis Sauce which sounds delicious.
Ina's Cocktail Louis Sauce
- 1-1/4 cups Hellmann’s
- 1/2 cup Heinz chili sauce
- 1/2 tsp. lemon zest grated
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1-1/2 tbsp. bottled grated white horseradish, drained
- 2 tsp. Sriracha
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp. Kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 cup scallions, minced
- 2 tbsp. capers, drained
Combine the above ingredients and serve with roasted shrimp.
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Looks amazing!!! Awesome pictures too! MMM, now I want shrimp!
Thanks Stephanie – I wish I had some left 🙂
OMG! What an amazing recipe combination. I love that your cured lemons are sliced instead of halved. It would be easier to use this way. Your aioli on Ina’s Roasted Shrimp would be amazing as an appetizer or a meal. How many jars does your recipe take?
Thanks Julie – The Aioli is a nice addition – I would always serve cocktail sauce too! This recipe uses one large mouth pint jar. It makes a lot and lasts a long time 🙂
Thanks Judi.
This entire post is full of yumminess! We don’t have shrimp nearly enough, this is a good reminder to get it on the menu!
Thanks – I enjoy shrimp almost every week 🙂
This aioli sounds so~ good, Juju! Especially because you made it with your cured lemon. I wish I can grab a few of those shrimps and dip it in your aioli. Ah Heaven!
It was good Fae – Thanks! The cured lemon is really tasty in the aioli – wish I had some to share with some big shrimp 🙂
Oh my goodness! I could polish off the whole recipe by myself! This just looks too tasty – I am bookmarking this right now! 😀
I almost did Julianna – I had it for dinner the night before and then as an appetizer the next day 🙂
Looks absolutely delicious Judi 🙂 I love so much aioli, it is a perfect condiment with sea food and also goes well with simple boiling potatoes on the side!
Aioli really is delicious especially with the cured lemon Linda. Good idea with potatoes – I will have to try that 🙂
Sounds great, and I love the cured lemon idea! BEAUTIFUL pictures!
Thank you as the lemon aioli made a great addition to the shrimp cocktail 🙂
Oh Judi, this looks so good. I’d like a plateful of shrimp and a bowl of that aioli right about now!
I wish I could share with you Patty – shrimp in any form is just too good 🙂
YUM! I love shrimp and this looks soooo delicious!
Thanks – I love shrimp too and I enjoy trying new recipes so I can use my favorite shellfish 🙂
This looks awesome and its a completely new recipe to me…seems interesting…
Thanks – the lemon aioli and or a cocktail sauce is a common way to serve with shrimp as an appetizer 🙂