Ingredients
- 12 extra large shrimp, preferably with heads-on
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup andouille sausage, small dice
- 1/2 cup tasso, small dice
- 2 ounces white wine
- 4 ounces butter, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped finely
- Warm grits, recipe follows
Directions
Saute the shrimp in olive oil briefly until they start to color. Add the andouille sausage and tasso. Deglaze the pan with white wine. Let wine reduce until almost completely evaporated. Reduce the heat and slowly whisk in the butter until all incorporated. It is important at this stage not to let the sauce boil or the butter will break out of the sauce. It should also be noted that this sauce can not be reheated or kept warm for very long, therefore, it should be made right before serving. Finish with freshly chopped chives.
Divide the warm grits evenly between 2 warm plates. Divide the shrimp evenly over the grits. Spoon over the sauce, making sure that each plate gets the sausage and ham. Serve immediately.
Grits:
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 ounces unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon salt, to taste
- 1/2 cup stone-milled grits
















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By Foolforfood
Cary, NC
on September 15, 2010
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Disregard the previous rating, this is an excellent recipe. Yes the salt for the grits should have been 1 tsp (or less rather than 1 TBSP but don't slam a recipe because of a typo. I suggest you give it a try it's worth it. What would really be nice is if TFN would follow up and fix these mistakes, it happens all the time but they are never fixed.
By kathyfinalement...
lahaska, PA
on May 30, 2010
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the shrimp were delicious, but this was the 1st time i cooked grits (which i really love and they were truly awful. i think there should have been 1 tsp of salt rather than 1 TBS. the grits were salty beyond belief, absolutely inedible. it seemed a lot of salt to me, but never having cooked them before, i was clueless. i'll wake up tomorrow with slits where my eyes used to be.
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