Potted Shrimps

Name: Potted Shrimps
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; salt and freshly ground white pepper; good quality brown bread; four lemons halved; 1 tsp anchovy essence; 2 tsp cayenne pepper; good pinch ground nutmeg; good pinch ground mace; juice of 1 lemon; 350 g unsalted butter; 450 g peeled brown shrimps

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ivy

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1997

About

Ask your fishmonger in advance to order you some ready-peeled brown shrimps, because it will take you the best part of a day to peel enough for a dinner party by the time you’ve sampled a few. They will be expensive but worth it.

Ingredients

350 g unsalted butter
juice of 1 lemon
good

Fish course
Dinner
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Melt the butter in a pan, add the lemon juice, mace, nutmeg, bay leaves and anchovy essence and simmer on a low heat for 2-3 minutes to infuse the spices. Remove the mixture from the heat and cool until it is just warm. Add the shrimps and stir well, then season with salt and pepper. Put the mixture into the fridge and stir it every so often. When the butter starts to set, spoon the mixture int