Baked Tarragon Shrimp
Ingredients
| 1 pound large shrimp peeled and deveined (leave tails on) | ||
| 3/4 cup dry sherry | ||
| 1 tbs fresh tarragon chopped or 1 tsp dried (fresh is better) | ||
| 2 tbs butter | ||
| 3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs (I use either fresh or panko) | ||
| 3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs (I use either fresh or panko) | ||
| kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper |
Tarragon is a wonderful and very under used herb. This is a perennial aromatic herb that is ideal for your home herb garden. It has a very distinctive anise like flavor. It is widely used in French cooking and in this particular recipe provides a savory delicious twist to fresh baked shrimp.
- Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place shrimp in shallow casserole dish.
- Pour sherry over, and sprinkle with tarragon, salt and pepper
- Melt butter in skilled over medium heat and stir in garlic and bread crumbs and stir until bread crumbs are lightly browned. ( take care not to burn garlic)
- Spoon bread crumbs evenly over shrimp.
- Bake about 10 minutes until shrimp are opaque in the center.
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