Howdy,

This is so stupid simple and fast you will have dinner Egged in lightning time. A great cook for a busy weeknight. Especially if you have a Mini Big Green Egg that fires up in no time!!!

You will need:

• a pound of your favorite shrimp, shelled and de-veined, we used 16/25s
• Pesto Sauce (store bought or home made… home made is better!)
  • 2 cups fresh basil
  • 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
  • 1-2 cloves of garlic
  • a squeeze of lemon juice
  • about 2/3 cup of Olive Oil
  • 1/2 cup of your favorite hard Italian cheese (Asiago, Parm, Pecorino, Grana Padana ect…)
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Mix it all up in a blender or food processor

I started out by heating up the Mini Big Green Egg to about 400 and then after peeling and drying the shrimp I put them on au natural to just get some grilled goodness. You could do them entirely in the cast iron, but I wanted some of that charcoal grilling flavour that you only get from direct grilling.

They took almost no time to cook… a couple minutes later

I tossed them around a couple more times before taking them off…

…and putting them back on a heated cast iron skillet

Then I added the home made Pesto Sauce

I cooked them for a couple minutes more till they were bubbling with goodness!!!

We had these as a main course for dinner, but this would also make an EGGcellent appetizer as well!

So simple but so tasty!

Happy Egging!
Brian