Pappadeaux Blackened Oyster and Shrimp Fondeaux Recipe
Serves/Makes: 4
Ingredients:
4 shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 oysters blackened seasonings, to taste
Melted butter as needed
1 cup chopped spinach
4 mushrooms, sliced
2 ounces lump crab meat
2 tablespoons chopped green onion
5 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Garlic bread
# **Sauce***
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 onion, chopped
1 cup shrimp stock or water
1/2 cup white wine
Pinch of cayenne
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup whipping cream
Directions:
Source: Dallas Morning News
Make sauce and set aside.
Season shrimp and oysters with blackened seasonings (available in most
supermarkets). Melt butter in hot saute pan, and saute shrimp and oysters, about
2 minutes per side. Add spinach, mushrooms, crab and green onion. Saute until
mushrooms and spinach soften. Fold in sauce and bring to a simmer. Pour into
heatproof dish; top with grated cheese. Place under a broiler until cheese
melts. Use garlic bread as dippers.
Sauce
Melt butter in a saucepan; whisk in flour and chopped onion. Cook over medium
heat until onion is tender. Slowly stir in stock and wine; whisk until smooth.
Add cayenne and salt; Simmer 10 minutes. Add cream; simmer 5 minutes. Remove
from heat and set aside.
Prepare shrimp stock by boiling down 1 cup of shrimp shells in 4 cups of water.
Boil shells for 30 minutes.