Shrimp De Jonghe

"This recipe come from a 1947 issue of Gourmet Magazine. Created at de Jonghe's restaurant in Chicago, this dish is a memorial to a time when we were afraid of garlic but not of butter. The amount of garlic in it was considered outrageously racy. (Increase or decrease the amount to suit your tastes ;))."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook shrimp in a 4-quart pot of boiling salted water* (see note at below) until just cooked through, about 1 1/2 minutes.
  • Drain shrimp in a colander, then immediately transfer to a large bowl of ice water to stop cooking.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Mash garlic to a paste with 1/4 teaspoon salt using a mortar and pestle (or mince and mash garlic with salt using a large knife), then stir together with fresh and dried herbs, shallot, onion, 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) butter, 1 cup bread crumbs, nutmeg, mace, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  • Melt remaining 1/2 stick butter and stir together with remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to make topping.
  • Arrange shrimp in 1 layer (slightly overlapping if necessary) in a buttered 3-quart flameproof gratin dish or other wide shallow ceramic baking dish.
  • Cover with herbed breadcrumb mixture, then sprinkle with topping.
  • Bake in upper third of oven until golden, about 15 minutes.
  • Turn on broiler and broil until crumbs are golden brown, about 2 minutes.
  • *When salting water for cooking, use 1 tablespoon for every 4 quarts water.
  • Makes 8 servings.

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  1. pure nostalgia, this was delicious. i loved the spice combo , it added so much flavor to the version i remember making in the 70's on the stovetop, with fewer ingredients. i cut this in half, and it made 3 generous servings, we like to eat. this is also very quick, half an hour to the table so it is perfect for a weeknight dinner. thanks bev
     
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