Blood Orange Grilled Shrimp

As you may notice based on this post and my last post, I have recently used some infused olive oils in my cooking. I have received both lemon olive oil and blood orange olive oil as gifts, and LOVE cooking with them. This shrimp dish was quick and full of flavor, thanks to both the olive oil and fresh grilled citrus.

Ingredients:

• fresh peeled, deveined shrimp (I used 20 to serve 5 people)
• approximately 1/2 cup blood orange olive oil
• handful of fresh parsley
• 2 blood oranges
• salt and pepper to taste
• bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 min.

Directions:

1.  Thread four shrimp onto each bamboo skewer.
2.  Season shrimp with salt and pepper, then coat with blood orange olive oil. Let shrimp marinate for 15 minutes.
3.  Slice blood oranges in half. Chop parsley.
4. Heat BBQ/grill to medium heat. Place blood oranges on the grill to get a good char.
5. After grilling the oranges for 3-4 minutes, add shrimp skewers. Cook 2-3 minutes total, turning once, until shrimp are done (pinkish on the outside, opaque on the inside).
6. Remove shrimp and blood oranges from grill. Squeeze the juice from the charred blood oranges over the shrimp and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

Enjoy!