Ep.164 Potted shrimp & Potted cheese - How To Make Spiced Buttered Shrimp & Cheese Spread

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining flavor.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: scallops

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Scallops offer a similar texture, while canned tuna is more affordable.

Melt butter with lemon zest, mace, and cayenne pepper over low heat.

Mince the shrimp finely while the butter melts.

Turn off the heat and mix the minced shrimp with the melted butter mixture.

Portion the shrimp and spiced butter and set aside.

Melt more butter in a pan over low heat.

Skim the butter to remove cloudy solids once melted.

Stir in freshly chopped parsley into the clarified butter.

Spoon the clarified parsley butter over the shrimp mixture without disturbing the layers.

Refrigerate the shrimp for at least 3 hours or overnight.

For the potted cheese, blend diced cheese with a pinch of mace, butter, pepper, salt, and parsley until smooth.

Add small splashes of sherry to the cheese mixture until smooth and to your liking.

Portion the potted cheese and refrigerate.

Repeat the butter clarification steps for the potted cheese, flavoring with mustard this time.

Cover the potted cheese with the clarified mustard butter and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

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