Maine Shrimp Help
I am a member of a fish CSA and am expecting Maine Shrimp in the next few weeks. I have not had a lot of experience working with them and know they are very delicate and are easy to overcook so I would love some tips on how to best use these.
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EricMM
Dec 13, 2010 01:04 PM
If they are super fresh, than raw is the way to go...at least for some of them. For steaming, when your water/beer is boiling toss in the shrimp. As soon as it looks like it will boil again, take them out. 1 minute is all they need. You can also peel them, and quickly saute in olive oil for a nice pasta sauce...or a sauce to serve on top of fish. Whatever you do will be good. These are great shrimp. Only the west coast spot prawns are better.
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Gio
Dec 13, 2010 05:38 AM
There a few CH threads about the Maine Shrimp but this one was very helpful to me.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/594832Also, I bought the Maine Shrimp cookbook from the Archipelego org. in Maine:
http://www.thearchipelago.net/viewPrd...The instructions and recipes are very good. We do a simple "peel & eat" and I've actually used them in a spicy pasta sauce. Deeeelicious!
