louisiana shrimp puffs
Louisiana Shrimp Puffs 3 pounds raw shrimp, peeled 1 cup white wine 1 cup butter 1 cup shallots, finely chopped 1 cup celery, finely chopped 1/2 cup bell pepper, finely chopped 1 p...
Ingredients
- 3poundraw shrimp, peeled
- 1cupwhite wine
- 1cupbutter
- 1cupshallots, finely chopped
- 1cupcelery, finely chopped
- 1/2cupbell pepper, finely chopped
- 1pint whipping cream
- 8ouncecream cheese
Directions
- 1
Louisiana Shrimp Puffs 3 pounds raw shrimp, peeled 1 cup white wine 1 cup butter 1 cup shallots, finely chopped 1 cup celery, finely chopped
- 2
Scoop the shrimp from the poaching wine (save the wine)
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Separate them into 2 portions, and place each portion in a bowl to cool
- 4
At this point, leave half the shrimp whole and shred the other half into small slivers using the cutting blade of your food processor
- 5
In the same skillet you used to poach the shrimp, melt the butter and gently sauté the green onions, celery and bell pepper until they softe
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Then pour in the whipping cream and the poaching wine and stir everything together until well blended
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Now over high heat, reduce the cream-wine sauce to one-half of its original volume, STIRRING CONSTANTLY
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Drop the shredded shrimp into the skillet and simmer it gently into the sauce for about a minute or two