Whisky Potted Shrimps

Name: Whisky Potted Shrimps
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: about 100 g Caerphilly cheese, grated; 1½ tbsp whisky; about 280 g shelled brown shrimps or small prawns, rinsed; about 280 g shelled brown shrimps or small prawns, rinsed; 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley; 1 large onion, peeled and diced; 40 g unsalted butter; 200 ml double cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooks Country

By Matt Tebbutt

Published 2008

About

My mother used to make potted shrimps when I was a child. They’re unashamedly rich and old-fashioned but really hit the spot! If you want to make it laborious, then you can peel your own shrimps, but if you don’t, then the dish won’t be any the poorer for it.

Ingredients

1 large onion, peeled and diced
40 g unsalted butter
200 ml

Europe
United Kingdom
Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spring
March
April
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the grill to the highest temperature.

Sweat the diced onion in the butter in a frying pan until translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the double cream, bring to the boil and pour in the whisky. Boil off the alcohol for about a minute. Stir in the shrimps and parsley to bin