Shrimp Medallion With Two Cheese Sauce

Had this the other day at a restaurant and loved it. I searched for the recipe in a Mexican cooking website and found an even better one!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• FOR SHRIMP

• 8  large shrimp or 8  large raw shrimp, cleaned, and cut open in butterfly style
• 2  bacon, slices
• 1⁄2 lime, juice of
•  salt and pepper
• 2  teaspoons olive oil

• FOR SAUCE

• 2  tablespoons butter
• 1  tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1  cup milk, scalded
• 25  g  grated manchego cheese
• 25  g cream cheese
•  salt and pepper
• 3  drops chipotle hot sauce, to taste
• 1  tablespoon  finely chopped parsley, to garnish (optional)

Directions

1. FOR THE MEDALLION.
2. Make a spiral with shrimp to form a medallion.
3. Wrap around with the 2 bacon strips and secure with toothpicks.
4. Season each medaliion with salt, pepper, and lime juice to taste.
5. Heat the olive oil on a flat grill or skillet and cook each pattie 4 minutes on each side.
6. Just before serving, pour some cheese sauce over it and garnish with the parsley.
7. FOR THE SAUCE.
8. Melt butter in a skillet, and add the flour.
9. Cook for one minute and add the scalded milk.
10. Cook until it has thickened some and add the cheeses, and salt and pepper and just a few drops of chipotle sauce.
11. Stir continuosly until cheeses melt.
12. Serve.
13. Garnish with parsley, if desired.