Ingredients

  • One 10-ounce package frozen baby lima beans
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped mint
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped parsley
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • Eight 1/2-inch-thick slices sourdough bread cut from a round loaf
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • 8 jumbo shrimpshelled, halved lengthwise and deveined

Method

  • Cook the lima beans in a medium saucepan of boiling water until tender, about 8 minutes; drain.
  • Transfer to a bowl and let cool slightly.
  • Stir in the mint, parsley, vinegar and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Toast the bread.
  • Rub the slices with the garlic clove and drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
  • Preheat the broiler.
  • In a small bowl, mash the butter with the lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.
  • Spread the butter all over the shrimp and set them in a broiling pan.
  • Broil for 3 to 5 minutes, turning the shrimp once.
  • Mound the lima salad on the toast and top with the shrimp.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve immediately.