Spicy Potted Shrimp

Name: Spicy Potted Shrimp
Yield: 1¼ cups
Ingredients: Dash of Tabasco sauce (optional); 8 ounces medium-size shrimp, shelled, deveined, and coarsely chopped; ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest; ½ tiny hot fresh chile pepper, seeded and minced; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon minced chives; 5 tablespoons clarified butter

Preparation info

1¼ cups

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

Lots and lots of shrimp—chunky yet spreadable. We’ve taken this traditionally English dish and spiced it up with chiles and Tabasco. Serve with toast points kept warm in pretty linen napkins.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons clarified butter
1 tablespoon minced chives
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Starter

Method

Melt the butter in a medium-size skillet over low heat. Stir in the chives, salt, chile pepper, and lemon zest. Cook 2 minutes.
Add the shrimp to the skillet and cook, stirring, over low heat for 3 minutes. Check the seasonings and add the Tabasco. Transfer to the bowl of a food processor and purée coarsely.
Pack the mixture into ramekins or a small b