Creole Garlic And Shrimp Appetizer

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter or margarine - softened
2 tablespoons	30ml	Minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced shallots - (heaping)
4		Garlic - minced
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Paprika
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
2 teaspoons	10ml	Pernod
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Lemon juice
1 1/2 lbs	681g / 24oz	Shrimp - shelled and deveined
		Flour
		Olive oil
1/2		Juice of lemon
3/4 cup	177ml	Dry white wine

Recipe Instructions

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.

Source:
Justin Wilson's "Gourmet and Gourmand Cookbook"

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