Potted Shrimp

Name: Potted Shrimp
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams Brown shrimp; 150 grams Unsalted butter; 1 Bay leaf; 1/4 tsp Allspice; 1 Cayenne pepper; 2 Lemon wedges; 1 pinch Salt and white pepper; 2 Brown bread, thin slice

Jenny Atkinson @jenny0124

Liverpool

James Bonds favourite snack, this is a traditional Lancashire dish using Morcambe Bay brown shrimps, and in the days before refrigerators the butter acted as a preservative, making this a popular picnic dish. This recipe is not exactly the tradional one, you can google that anytime, it's my variation as I prefer a little more spice!

Jenny Atkinson @jenny0124

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Ingredients

200 gramsBrown shrimp
150 gramsUnsalted butter
1Bay leaf
1/4 tspAllspice
1Cayenne pepper
2Lemon wedges
1 pinchSalt and white pepper
2Brown bread, thin slice

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Steps

1

Heat the butter and bay leaf in a saucepan, do not burn the butter!
2

Add the cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, allspice and heat for further 1 minute.
3

Add the shrimp and simmer on low for 4-5 minutes.
4

Transfer to a ramekin. This can be eaten hot or cold, traditionally cold when the butter has set but I prefer it hot.
5

Serve with the lemon wedge and brown bread.