champagne shrimp

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups champagne
• 1/2 cup chopped shallot
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
• 1 cup butter, cut into 16 pieces
• 1 cup champagne
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons chopped shallots
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 24 large shrimp
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (or use 1 tsp dried, each)
• nonstick cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 for sauce: heat champagne, shallots, vinegar and peppercorns in a saucepan and boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 20 minutes, set aside. for marinade: combine champagne, oil, shallots, pepper and shrimp in a plastic bag and seal.
• 2 marinate for 30-60 minutes heat oven to broil remove shrimp to a broiler pan that's been sprayed with non-stick spray, discard marinade broil shrimp 2 minutes per side, remove. rewarm sauce over medium heat, adding butter in bits and whisking until melted before adding more.
• 3 season with salt and pepper if desired serve 4 shrimp per plate and spoon sauce around.
• 4 sprinkle each plate with fresh herbs.