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Croûstades aux Crevettes à la Nantua

Name: Croûstades aux Crevettes à la Nantua
Total time: 2 h 2 min
Yield: 4 servings (first course or light main)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 45 g unsalted butter; 3 tbsp carrot, finely diced; 3 tbsp onion, finely diced; 3 tbsp celery, finely diced; 900 g fresh whole medium shrimp, shell on (or 680 g frozen headless shell-on shrimp), rinsed; salt and black pepper, to taste; 60 ml cognac; 120 ml dry white vermouth; 1 medium tomato, chopped; ½ leaf bay leaf; 0.13 tsp dried thyme; ½ tsp dried tarragon or basil; 115 g unsalted butter; shells from the cooked shrimp (about 1 cup); 4 cooked unpeeled shrimp, if the shrimp were headless; shrimp cooking liquid and shell debris from above; 120 ml fish stock, chicken broth or milk, to make up the liquid; 30 g unsalted butter; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 egg yolk; 120 ml heavy cream; salt, white pepper and lemon juice, to taste; 1 unsliced day-old white sandwich loaf; 60 g unsalted butter, melted

Shrimp flamed in cognac and simmered with vermouth and aromatics, bound in a velouté built on their own shell stock and finished with coral shrimp butter, served in crisp buttered toast cases.

Yield4 servings (first course or light main)
Hands-on1 h 20 min
Total2 h 2 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Shrimp

45 gunsalted butter
3 tbspcarrot, finely diced
3 tbsponion, finely diced
3 tbspcelery, finely diced
900 gfresh whole medium shrimp, shell on (or 680 g frozen headless shell-on shrimp), rinsed
to tastesalt and black pepper
60 mlcognac
120 mldry white vermouth
1medium tomato, chopped
½ leafbay leaf
0.13 tspdried thyme
½ tspdried tarragon or basil

Shrimp butter

115 gunsalted butter
to tasteshells from the cooked shrimp (about 1 cup)
4cooked unpeeled shrimp, if the shrimp were headlessoptional

Sauce Nantua

to tasteshrimp cooking liquid and shell debris from above
120 mlfish stock, chicken broth or milk, to make up the liquid
30 gunsalted butter
2 tbspall-purpose flour
1egg yolk
120 mlheavy cream
to tastesalt, white pepper and lemon juice

Croûstades

1unsliced day-old white sandwich loaf
60 gunsalted butter, melted

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Soy
Fish
Crustacean shellfish
Celery
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Shrimp
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Grapes
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Onion family (any)
Onion
Leek
Carrot
Thyme
Parsley
Tarragon
Bay leaf
Black and white pepper
Yeast
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Crisp
Creamy

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop
Blender

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: high

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