Creole Garlic and Shrimp Appetizer

Title:
Creole Garlic and Shrimp Appetizer

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Creole,
Appetizers




Ingredients:





   1/2 c  Butter or margarine,softened


     1 tb Minced shallots(heaping)


   1/4 ts Paprika


   1/8 ts Salt


   1/2 ts Lemon juice


          Flour


   1/2    Juice of lemon


     2 tb Minced fresh parsley


     4    Cloves garlic,minced


   1/8 ts Cayenne pepper


     2 ts Pernod


 1 1/2 lb Shrimp,shelled and deveined


          Olive oil


   3/4 c  Dry white wine






 1. Cream butter with wooden spoon for several minutes.


 2. Add parsley, shallots, garlic, seasonings, Pernod and 1/2 teaspoon lemon


 juice; mix well and set aside.


 3. Coat shrimp with flour.


 4. Heat olive oil in large skillet; shake flour from shrimp and add shrimp


 to skillet.


 5. Saute shrimp very quickly, about 3 minutes; when they start to turn


 pink, cook them on other side.


 6. Drain oil from skillet.


 7. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice and the wine and shake pan briefly over heat,


 about 1 minute.


 8. Add reserved garlic butter and toss shrimp quickly with wooden spoon.


 9. When butter is melted, serve shrimp immediately.


 


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