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It's missing the bacon, but sounds good anyway...
Rockefeller Shrimp makes 4 servings
This is a nice dish for a light lunch or dinner. It can be prepared in advance and heated at the last minute.
1/4 cup butter 1 tsp celery seed 1 tsp Worcestershire dash salt 1 cup chopped lettuce 1/4 cup minced green onion 1 clove garlic, minced 20 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed (2 large bags) 1 cup light cream 1 beaten egg 12 ounces shrimp
2 Tbsp butter 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Melt butter. Stir in celery seed, Worcestershire, salt, lettuce, onion, and garlic. Cook a few minutes to soften onion and garlic. Stir in spinach, cream and egg. Melt the 2 Tbsp butter and stir in bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Divide the spinach mixture into twelve parts.
In four greased ramekins, place one twelfth of the spinach evenly across the bottom. Place a layer of shrimp, another layer of spinach, a layer of shrimp and a final layer of spinach.
Top with crumbs and bake at 375 until heated through, about 15 minutes.
Pop these out over a bed of rice and serve with this sauce:
Mornay Sauce Makes about 2 1/4 cups
Mornay is simply a traditional Bechamel sauce with the addition of shredded grated cheese. It is most commonly used with seafood, but works well with a range of vegetables. Try it with grilled or steamed zucchini or summer squash. You can use it to make any sort of gratiné dish by reserving half of the cheese out of the sauce to sprinkle over the top.
2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups milk, heated to boiling 1/2 cup Gruyeré cheese, grated or shredded Dash of nutmeg Salt and pepper, to taste Dash of cayenne pepper
Melt butter in a heavy-bottom saucepan over low heat. Add flour and cook slowly for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. (The mixture should get foamy or frothy but NOT BROWN).
At this point add the heated milk and whisk vigorously until smooth. Add the seasonings and return to the heat and boil for about 1 minute over medium-high heat. The Béchamel is now ready.
Remove from heat, add cheese and stir until incorporated completely. Add cayenne.
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