Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   2      pounds        shrimp -- (in shells)
     1/4  cup           olive oil
     1/4  cup           salad oil
     1/2                onion -- finely chopped
   1      tablespoon    parsley -- chopped (optional)
   4                    fresh tomatoes -- skinned and chopped
   1      pod           garlic -- chopped
   1      pinch         saffron
   2      ounces        dry white wine
                        salt and pepper -- to taste

Preparation:

Peel tomatoes (place in boiling water for about 1 minute to loosen skin. Set aside to cool.) Sauté shrimp in oil for about 2 minutes on each side. Remove shells. Season to taste ( I used lime juice and hot pepper sauce) . Set aside. In same pan, sauté onion until golden; add next 3 ingredients (I skipped parsley as I didn't have any). Cook 10 minutes. Add white wine. [NB: Original recipe called for 1 ounce. I added at least another ounce. Can't be precise. I just poured it out of the glass I was drinking out of). Sauté a bit longer until sauce cooks down. Add shrimp and let simmer 3 minutes. Don't overcook the shrimp! Serve over rice. My notes: The original recipe called for a "tube" of saffron. I don't know how much that is, so I put in about a pinch. I suppose the dish could live without it. It also called for vegetable oil only, but I used half vegetable oil and half olive oil. I used nice large shrimp - and that made a differe