Shrimp Rémoulade with Two Sauces

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    eight

    appetizer portions
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Tom Fitzmorris's New Orleans Food

By Tom Fitzmorris

Published 2018

  • About

There are two kinds of rémoulade sauce served around New Orleans, and everybody has a favorite. My preference is the orange-red kind that’s utterly unique to our area. White rémoulade sauce, made with mayonnaise, is actually closer to the classic French recipe. It’s so good that in recent years I’ve taken to making both sauces and letting people take their pick. What the sauces have in common is the main active ingredient: Creole mustard—a rough, brown, country-style mustard mixed with a bi