We are now open as a Christmas Castle rental. This is one of our favourite recipes for Christmas. I found it at epicurious.com. We use Vouvray as it is our local bubbly and to die for. We also use only 3/4 of the butter in the recipe. Pink peppercorns as opposed to black peppercorns are a nice touch too. We save the champagne for the toasts.
Marinated Shrimp with Champagne Beurre Blanc
Sauce base
2 cups Champagne or other dry sparkling wine like Vouvray
1/3 cup shallots finely chopped
2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar
1/4 teaspoon whole black or pink peppercorns
Shrimp
1 cup Champagne or brut Vouvray locally from the Loire Valley
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons minced shallots
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
24 extra-large uncooked shrimp (about 1 kilo), peeled with tail left intact, deveined
1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces
Preparation
Combine Champagne, shallots, vinegar, and peppercorns in heavy medium saucepan. Boil until reduced to 1/4 cup liquid, about 20 minutes. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
For shrimp:
Combine Champagne, olive oil, shallots, and ground pepper in resealable plastic bag. Add shrimp to bag and seal; shake bag to coat shrimp evenly. Marinate shrimp at room temperature at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour, turning bag occasionally. Mix chives, tarragon, and parsley in small bowl.
Preheat broiler. Spray broiler pan with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Drain shrimp; discard plastic bag with marinade. Arrange shrimp on prepared pan in single layer. Broil shrimp until just opaque in center, about 2 minutes per side. Stand 3 shrimp, tails upright, in center of each plate.
Rewarm sauce base over medium-low heat. Whisk in butter 1 piece at a time, just allowing each to melt before adding next (do not boil or sauce will separate). Season beurre blanc to taste with salt and pepper.
Spoon warm sauce around shrimp. Sprinkle with fresh herbs and serve.
Christmas in a castle really is a fabulous experience.
<a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.loirechateau.com/christmas-chateau-new-year-chateau.php" title="Christmas Chateau - Rent a castle for Christmas - Christmas Castle" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.feedforall.com/digg.png" border=0 class="socialbkmark" alt="christmas chateau - rent a castle for Christmas">Digg </a> <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?t=Christmas+Chateau+-+Rent+a+castle+for+Christmas+-+Christmas+Castle;u=http://www.loirechateau.com/christmas-chateau-new-year-chateau.php" title="Christmas+Chateau+-+Rent+a+castle+for+Christmas+-+Christmas+Castle"/><img src="http://www.feedforall.com/yahoo.png" target="_blank" border=0 class="socialbkmark" alt="christmas chateau - rent a castle for Christmas"/>Yahoo</a> <a href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?t=Christmas+Chateau+-+Rent+a+castle+for+Christmas+-+Christmas+Castle&u=http://www.loirechateau.com/christmas-chateau-new-year-chateau.php"" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.feedforall.com/furl.png" border=0 class="socialbkmark" alt="christmas chateau - rent a castle for Christmas">Furl </a>
<a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.loirechateau.com/christmas-chateau-new-year-chateau.php&title=Christmas+Chateau+-+Rent+a+castle+for+Christmas+-+Christmas+Castle"" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.feedforall.com/delicious.png" border=0 class="socialbkmark" alt="christmas chateau - rent a castle for Christmas">Delicious</a>
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
Leave a Comment