Ingredients
Mashed Sweet Potatoes:
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, diced
- 1 1/2 pounds yukon gold potatoes, peeled, diced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Salt and black pepper
Andouille Cream:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons diced celery
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 4 ounces andouille, diced
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- Salt and black pepper
- 12 shrimp, 10/20 size, peeled, tail on, butterflied
- Blackening spice, to coat shrimp
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Salt and black pepper
Directions
For the sweet potatoes, in a one-gallon saucepot, add the potatoes and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender. When cooked, strain potatoes. In a large bowl, while potatoes are still hot, add honey, butter, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Mash together and reserve on stovetop with low heat.
For the andouille cream, in a large saute pan with the olive oil, sweat the garlic and shallots. Add the celery and saute for one minute. Add the white wine, sausage, and thyme. Reduce for about one minute to half. Add heavy cream and reduce mixture by half again. Stir in Cajun seasoning and butter, saute for one minute. Stir in parsley and season. Be sure to remove thyme sprig before serving. Reserve on stovetop with low heat.
For the shrimp, dredge shrimp in blackening spice. Season each side of the shrimp with salt and ground black pepper. In a hot saute pan with olive oil, pan sear shrimp. Be sure not to burn the blackening spice, or it will turn very bitter in taste.
For the presentation, spoon the potatoes in the center of a serving plate. Then stand three shrimp on the potatoes, with the tails in on top. Lastly, spoon a portion of the andouille cream on top of the shrimp and potatoes.
















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By scubawindie_122...
Parkton, 60
on November 07, 2009
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I made this for a large group so I made the mashed potato part in advance and stuffed them in the yukon gold potato skins like you would for twice baked potatoes. I also made the andouille cream in advance. I froze the potatoes wrapped in plastic and the andouille cream in a container for a week. The day I had my guests over, I fully defrosted the potatoes then baked them in the oven until hot and re-heated the andouille cream. Then I only had to cook the shrimp. I placed the potatoes on a serving platter with two blackened shrimp on each with the andouille cream in a bowl in the center. It made a great presentation and my guests loved it!!
By DiscoStew
Atlanta, GA
on August 23, 2009
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Great meal all around. I deviated slightly from the recipe as follows: I did not feel like opening a whole bottle of white wine to use a 1/2 cup for the sauce so instead I added about a teaspoon of white wine vinegar followed by a 1/2 cup of lager beer (Yeungling, to be specific. Turned out phenomenal. Highly recommended.
By tim_10497869
Skaneateles Fal...
on June 05, 2008
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This is simple to prepare, and you get consistent results. One of my my wife's and my favorites.
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