Shrimp Newburg - 1

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter or margarine
2 1/2 tablespoons	37ml	Flour - all-purpose
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt
1		Cayenne pepper
1		Nutmeg
2 cups	474ml	Half-and-half
3 tablespoons	45ml	Sherry
		Hot pepper sauce to taste
2		Egg yolks - lightly beaten
2 cups	474ml	Shrimp - cooked
		Pastry shells
		Toast points

Recipe Instructions

1. Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour and seasonings.

2. Gradually add cream and sherry; cook until thickened and smooth, stirring constantly.

3. Stir a little hot sauce into egg yolks, then stir yolks into sauce, stirring constantly.

4. Add shrimp; heat and serve immediately in homemade Pastry Shells or on toast points.

*** PASTRY SHELLS ***

1. Cut rounds of rich pie pastry; shape over inverted glass custard cups, pinching pastry in 4 or 5 places so it fits cup.

2. Cut a few gashes in pastry with point of knife or prick with fork.

3. Place cups on cookie sheet; bake in preheated 450F oven 10 to 12 minutes until pastry is delicately browned.

Source:
Cooking Light, March 1995, page 108

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