Shrimp with Grits Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4

Ingredients:

• 48 shrimp, peeled and deveined
• Butter
• Salt
• 2 cups grits
• 4 tablespoons Mousseline Sauce (see the recipe below)

How to cook Shrimp with Grits:

• Broil or saute the shrimp in butter and a little salt until the shrimp turn pink, about 5 minutes.
• Place on a bed of grits.
• Top with the Mousseline Sauce to serve. (Any leftover grits can be pressed flat, chilled, and used for grits cakes the next morning.)

Mousseline Sauce Recipe

Mousseline Sauce Ingredients:

• 4 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 pound butter, melted and boiling hot
• Dash of cayenne
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream

How to cook Mousseline Sauce:

• Put the egg yolks and lemon juice in a blender and add the butter in a slow steady stream; make sure the butter is very hot.
• Blend in the cayenne and salt.
• Add heavy cream.
• If you wish to have the sauce thicker, place a bowl over a pot of softly boiling water, and stir constantly with a whisk until thick.

Note:
The Shrimp with Grits recipe easy to prepare and so good!

This recipe for Shrimp with Grits serves/makes: 4

The Shrimp with Grits recipe is adopted from the Cooking in The Lowcountry From The Old Post Office by Jane & Michael Stern – 2004.

Main Ingredient: Shrimp 
Preparation Method: Pan Fried/Sauteed 
Cuisine: American