Morecambe Bay potted shrimps or prawns

• 225 g (8 oz) unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon water

Melt the butter gently in a small pan with the water. It must not brown. Pour it into a bowl to cool and then place it in the refrigerator to harden. Remove the solid butter and throw out the liquid which has collected underneath. You now have clarified butter.

Now melt 100 g (4 oz) of the clarified butter together with the spices, put in the shrimps or prawns and let them steep in the