Shrimp In Dill Butter

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 12 slices brioche bread (1/2-inch slices) or 12 slices firm bread, crusts discarded (1/2-inch slices)
• 16 jumbo shrimp, peeled, leaving tail fan attached, and deveined
• 3/8 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375ºf with rack in the middle.
• 2 8 (2-ounce) ramekins or small ovenproof cups
• 3 cut bread into 24 (2- by 1-inch) rectangles, then bake in a 4-sided sheet pan, turning once or twice, until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. (leave oven on.)
• 4 transfer to a rack to cool.
• 5 season shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
• 6 mash together butter, dill, shallot, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
• 7 put a dab of dill butter in each ramekin, then put ramekins in sheet pan.
• 8 arrange 2 shrimp, with tails up and facing each other, in each ramekin.
• 9 spread remaining dill butter in ramekins and bake until shrimp are just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.
• 10 serve with toasts.