Potted Shrimps

Name: Potted Shrimps
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: butter 1 lb.; nutmeg ½ of a ¼ oz. nutmeg and cloves, and salt as you please; nutmeg ½ of a ¼ oz. nutmeg and cloves, and salt as you please; nutmeg ½ of a ¼ oz. nutmeg and cloves, and salt as you please; nutmeg ½ of a ¼ oz. nutmeg and cloves, and salt as you please; mace ¼ oz.; Picked shrimps 2 quarts

From, a Cookery Book belonging to Miss Hope, dated 1797

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

Ingredients

Picked shrimps 2 quarts
mace ¼ oz.
nutmeg

Europe
United Kingdom
Fish course
Savoury
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Season the shrimps well with the spice and salt.
Put into baking dish.
Add the butter cut up.
Put in a cool oven for 10 to 15 minutes according to the heat of the oven.
Take them out and put into a colander to drain off the butter into a basin.
Pack the shrimps tightly in pots and when quite cold cover th