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Shrimp: Shrimp Newburg

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
2 1/2 tablespoons flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 pinch cayenne
1 pinch nutmeg
2 cups half and half
3 tablespoons sherry
hot pepper sauce to taste
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
2 cups shrimp, cooked


Recipe

Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour and seasonings. Gradually add cream and sherry; cook until thickened and smooth, stirring constantly.. Stir a little hot sauce into egg yolks, then stir yolks into sauce, stirring constantly. Add shrimp; heat and serve immediately in homemade Pastry Shells or on toast points.

*** PASTRY SHELLS *** Cut rounds of rich pie pastry; shape over inverted glass custard cups, pinching pastry in 4 or 5 places so it fits cup. Cut a few gashes in pastry with point of knife or prick with fork. Place cups on cookie sheet; bake in preheated 450ºF oven 10 to 12 minutes until pastry is delicately browned.