Cajun Fettuccine...I found a good use for some of the shrimp shell stock, thanks again to Joe, Nan &

curious1

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skyastara for the suggestions on how to use it..

This may be a Cuisine Magazine recipe. Here it is along with some notes from having made it several times. This time I subbed the shrimp stock for the chicken broth, worked great. I used 1/2 cup each of the stock and cream and liked it even better.

I keep the shrimp and sausage in the freezer and the rest is always on hand. I use a spicy andouille (Bruce Aidells) and vary the seasoning. Sometimes I use a little ground

chipotle and always some Cajun seasoning

instead of all cayenne. Amounts will depend

on how spicy the sausage is. I like it with

the egg fettucine that comes in nests or folded.

I also use the white part along with the green part of the scallions and usually toss the entire mixture together with the pasta. Bread and a salad and there's dinner.

Cajun Fettuccine

Serves 2

Saute:

1 tablespoon olive oil

3/4 cup smoked sausage, sliced (I use two links of andouille, probably a bit more than 3/4 cup)

12 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Deglaze with:

2 tablespoons dry sherry

Add and Heat:

1/3 cup half-and-half

1/3 cup chicken broth

Season with:

1/4 cup scallions, chopped

Stir in:

2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Serve Over:

8 ounces fettuccine, cooked

In a large skillet over medium heat, brown

the sausage in the olive oil; then add the

shrimp and cook briefly until the shrimp

turns pink.

Stir in the garlic and cayenne and cook just

until you can smell the garlic. Then use the

sherry to deglaze the pan by scraping the

bottom.

Add the half & half and chicken stock. Heat

to a slow boil. Then sprinkle with chopped

scallions. Use the green part only, for

color. Add the parmesan cheese and stir

until thick (about 1-2 minutes). Serve over

fettuccine. Garnish with additional chopped

scallions.

 
Sounds great! We have shrimp season opening, sort of have to stock up--But dinner tomorrow, oh boy!

 
Did it, only had a few shrimp shells, so cooked them off and then made stock with that and a bit of

Penzey's seafood base. Love andouille, but hard to get here, so used a bit of spicy Italian. Funny I can get it from my chandler in Seattle, Paul Prudhome's (sp?). Used cajun seasoning and a bit of crushed red pepper.
Anyway girl, I feel a bit overfed, froze a second portion before I started to eat. But thanks , very nice.

Oh, from just over the hill from the Cajuns in Italy, heh-heh I had an Austrian chablis. Berger 2004 Gruner Veltiner.

Do we have fun or what? That's some wild fusion we got going on!

 
Glad you liked it, it's good with chix broth, also. I have better luck finding emeril's hot & spicy

than Paul Prudhomme's andouille recently. Pssst, I looked Prudhomme up, lol...then I had to come back and fix andouille!

 
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