Shrimp in Salsa Verde

Name: Shrimp in Salsa Verde
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh shrimp; 4 tablespoons clarified butter; 2 cloves garlic (or more if desired), cut into slices; 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley; 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 2 tablespoons flour; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon white pepper; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup water; 1/4 cup dry white wine

By Robert Farrar Capon

Total Time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

1pound fresh shrimp
4tablespoons clarified butter
2cloves garlic (or more if desired), cut into slices
½cup minced fresh parsley
½teaspoon salt, or to taste
2tablespoons flour
¼teaspoon ground ginger
⅛teaspoon white pepper
¼cup heavy cream
½cup water
¼cup dry white wine

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Preparation

Step 1
Shell and devein shrimp. Melt clarified butter in a large skillet over low heat and saute garlic until golden brown. Remove garlic and mash to a pulp with parsley and salt. Add flour, ginger and white pepper and mix to a smooth paste. Reserve.
Step 2
Reheat the clarified butter in the skillet until very hot and saute the shrimp for about 1 minute or until they turn opaque. Remove and reserve.
Step 3
Return garlic-parsley mixture to skillet, mix with butter remaining in skillet, add cream and water and bring to the boil, stirring constantly to thicken. Add white wine and bring to boil. Return shrimp to mixture to reheat briefly. Do not boil. Check seasonings and serve immediately over rice or small pasta.