Shrimp Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs shrimp, shelled,deveined,shells reserved
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 1/4 cup champagne or 1/4 cup vermouth
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 6 scallions, parts chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• hot sauce
• 4 cups oyster crackers
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 butter a 31/2 quart glass baking dish.
• 3 add shrimp in 1 layer, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• 4 in a saucepan add cream, shells and champagne, bring to a boil, lower to simmer and cook for 25 minutes.
• 5 pour through a strainer into a large bowl.
• 6 in a skillet melt 1 tbsp butter, add scallions and cook for 3 minutes.
• 7 add the cream sauce and simmer until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes, pour back into the bowl.
• 8 season with lemon juice, worcestershire and hot sauce, salt and pepper, and let it cool.
• 9 pour over the shrimp.
• 10 in a processor, or with a rolling pin crush crackers.
• 11 melt remaining 4 tbsp butter in a microwave, add to crumbs, and add paprika.
• 12 crumble over shrimp.
• 13 bake for 25 minutes until bubbly.
• 14 you can run this under the broiler if you want a darker topping.