Shrimp With Broccoli in Foil Packets

JackieOhNo!'s Note:

Just wrap fish and flavorings in foil and pop in the oven for 15 minutes. From Good Food Magazine, April 1987.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
• 1 large garlic clove , minced
• 2 tablespoons cognac
• 2 medium ripe tomatoes , peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped (1 cup)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup fish stock or ¼ cup bottled clam juice
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon , crumbled
• 1⁄8; teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt & freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1 bunch broccoli , florets only (about 4-1/2 cups)
• 24 jumbo shrimp , in shells (1-1/2 lbs.)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Heat butter in small noncorrosive saucepan over low heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook 2 minutes. Pour in Cognac, warm, and ignite. Shake pan until flames subside. Stir in tomatoes, cream, fish broth, wine, tarragon, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
3. Place four 12-inch square of aluminum foil on work surface. Spoon 2 T. tomato sauce onto center of each square. Place broccoli florets on sauce and shrimp on broccoli. Double fold foil to seal packages and place on baking sheet.
4. Bake 15 minutes. Check shrimp in 1 packet; they should be pink and curled. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Debber]

GastroGnomically delicious--exceeding all my expectations! Okay, so I didn't follow the recipe exattackly: here's what I did: subbed about 5 T homemade tomato sauce for the chopped tomato pieces; use some fish sauce (shrimp flavor) for the clam juice, oops! didn't use the wine--and really meant to use up the white wine!!!--used frozen broccoli instead of fresh (par-cookied to speed things up), and thawed (already cooked) shrimp. So not sure if the true spirit of the recipe is what we ended up with -- but we all loved it. Served in bowls (the sauce was runny) and then used Cheese-Curry Biscuit (Australia) to sop up the liquid--mmm-good! *ZWT 5 Groovy GastroGnomes* with two thumbs up, baby! Peace!!