Medium

Cajun Ponchartrain Sauce

Total Time
49 min
16m prep · 33m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

My take on the Ponchartrain sauce served at a popular seafood restaurant chain in my town. Although I prefer snapper, it may be ladled over any grilled, blackened, steamed, or pan fried fish. Very elegant and easy! Great idea for a romantic candlelight dinner for two.

Ingredients

  • 0.25 cups butter
  • 8 freshs mushrooms , sliced
  • 8 medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
  • 0.25 cups whipping cream
  • garlic powder to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • 2 teaspoons Madeira wine

Instructions

  1. 1

    In a medium saucepan, saute mushrooms in 1 teaspoon butter until tender. Stir in shrimp, and cook until pink. Transfer to a bowl.

  2. 2

    In the same saucepan, melt the remaining butter. Slowly mix in cream. Stir in shrimp and mushroom mixture, and season to taste with garlic powder and black pepper. Simmer over very low heat until thick. Just before serving, stir in Madeira wine.

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