Shrimp Bienville Recipes

OYSTERS BIENVILLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a small skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat and saute' the mushroom until tender. Drain and set aside. Drain the oysters, reserving 1 cup of the liquor (or substitute milk or chicken broth). Cover a large baking dish (or as many baking dishes as you need) with rock salt. Fit as many oyster shells as you can in each dish. Place an oyster in each shell. (You may also use ramekins, placing 4 oysters in each one) Melt the remaining 6 tablespoons of butter in a 9 inch skillet over medium heat. Saute' the green onions and garlic for 5 minutes. SLowly add the flour and stir to make a smooth mixture. Remove from heat. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks, and stir in the parsley and cream. Stir the yolk mixture into the green onion and flour mixture, blending them well. Add the 1 cup of oyster liquor and cook over low heat, stirring, until it becomes a thick, creamy sauce. To the sauce, add the drained chopped mushroom, cheese, and salt. Stir until the cheese is melted and well blended. Spoon this sauce over the oysters and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake for 15 minutes, or until browned. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.

OYSTERS BIENVILLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In an 13x9-inch baking dish, spread a ¾-inch layer of rock salt. Arrange oysters on top of rock salt. In a medium bowl, combine bread crumbs and Parmesan. Set aside. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook until tender, about 2 minutes. Add garlic, mushrooms, shrimp, wine, salt, and pepper. Cook until mushrooms are tender and shrimp are pink and firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle with flour; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add broth, and stir to combine. Add milk; cook until creamy and slightly thickened. Remove from heat, and slowly add egg yolk, stirring constantly. Spoon about 1 tablespoon shrimp mixture onto each oyster, and top with bread crumb mixture. Bake until tops are lightly browned, 16 to 18 minutes. Garnish with green onion and lemon, if desired. Serve immediately.

OYSTERS BIENVILLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Spread a 1/2-inch thick layer of rock salt on a large baking sheet and across the bottoms of 2 large plates. Set aside.
• Fry the bacon until just crisp in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, salt, and cayenne and cook, stirring for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and butter, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until the butter melts. Add the flour, and stirring slowly and constantly, cook for 2 minutes. Add the milk and wine and stir to blend.
• Reduce the heat to medium, then add the mushrooms and shrimp. Stir and fold to mix and cook until the mixture is thick, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the Parmesan, lemon juice, green onions and parsley and stir to blend.
• Remove from the heat, add the egg yolk, and blend well. Let cool to room temperature.
• Arrange the reserved oyster shells on the prepared baking sheet. Put 1 oyster in each shell and top with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sauce, spreading the sauce evenly out to the edges of the shell to completely cover the oyster. (Alternatively, pipe the sauce over the oysters.) Bake until the sauce is lightly browned and the oysters begin to curl around the edges, about 20 minutes.
• Using tongs or a spatula, carefully transfer the hot shells to the salt-covered plates and serve immediately.

SHRIMP BIENVILLE

Steps:

• 1. In a 10 inch skillet add margerine shrimp,green onions,and mushrooms. Saute till shrimp start turning pink add flour stir in flour and saute for about a minute. Add milk,cheese,and hot sauce stir till bubbly and thickened you may have to add a little more milk to make it creamy serve over angel hair pasta. You can also make this sauce and put it on oysters on the half shell cover with seasoned bread crumbs and bake in 400 degree oven till browned.