champagne shrimp

from bon appetit yet another delicious shrimp appetizer. prep time includes marinating time

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• sauce

• 2  cups  champagne
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped shallot
• 2  tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
• 1  cup butter, cut into 16 pieces

• marinade

• 1  cup  champagne
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 3  tablespoons  chopped shallots
•  salt & fresh ground pepper
• 24  large shrimp
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh chives
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh tarragon
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh parsley (or use 1 tsp dried, each)
•  nonstick cooking spray

Directions

1. for sauce: heat champagne, shallots, vinegar and peppercorns in a saucepan and boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 20 minutes, set aside. for marinade: combine champagne, oil, shallots, pepper and shrimp in a plastic bag and seal.
2. marinate for 30-60 minutes heat oven to broil remove shrimp to a broiler pan that's been sprayed with non-stick spray, discard marinade broil shrimp 2 minutes per side, remove. rewarm sauce over medium heat, adding butter in bits and whisking until melted before adding more.
3. season with salt and pepper if desired serve 4 shrimp per plate and spoon sauce around.
4. sprinkle each plate with fresh herbs.