Shrimp Cutlets

Ingredients

• 2 cups shrimp
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• Speck nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 egg white, slightly beaten

Instructions

1. Mince shrimp very fine, melt butter, and add flour to make a smooth paste. Add cream and cook until thick and smooth. Add shrimp, egg yolks, and seasonings, and mix well. When cold shape into cutlets. Add water to egg white. Dip cutlets in flour, then in egg white, and then in flour again. Fry in deep fat for 3 minutes each at a fat temperature of 380 degrees. Serve hot in a bed of lettuce leaves with Hollandaise Sauce (see page 237).