Amaretto Shrimp
Recipe From "Voila!" (Jr League of Lafayette, LA)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 medium white onion -- finely minced
- 1 pound large shrimp, butterflied -- peeled/tail on
- 1/2 to 1 cup Amaretto liqueur
- 1 cup blanched almonds -- sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- chopped parsley
Melt butter in skillet until golden brown. Add onions. Saute until
transparent. Add shrimp and stir fry 5 minutes until pink. Add
Amaretto,
almonds and salt. cook 1 1/2 minutes until bubbly. Serve in a
scallop
shell or ramekin with a sprinkle of chopped parsley.
NOTES : from Sous Chef Bryan Richard of Chez Marcelle