Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/4 c Butter or margarine
2 1/2 tb Flour,all-purpose
3/4 ts Salt
1 pn Cayenne pepper
1 pn Nutmeg
2 c Half-and-half
3 tb Sherry
Hot pepper sauce to taste
2 Egg yolks,lightly beaten
2 c Shrimp,cooked
Pastry shells
Toast points

1. Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour and seasonings.
2. Gradually add cream and sherry; cook until thickened and smooth,
stirring constantly.
3. Stir a little hot sauce into egg yolks, then stir yolks into sauce,
stirring constantly.
4. Add shrimp; heat and serve immediately in homemade Pastry Shells
or on toast points.
*** PASTRY SHELLS ***
1. Cut rounds of rich pie pastry; shape over inverted glass custard
cups, pinching pastry in 4 or 5 places so it fits cup.
2. Cut a few gashes in pastry with point of knife or prick with fork.
3. Place cups on cookie sheet; bake in preheated 450'F. oven 10 to 12
minutes until pastry is delicately browned.

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