BAY SHRIMP AND CREAM SAUCE

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Creamy shrimp sauce for pasta or to serve over seafood.

Provided by Buckeye Country Cook

Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

½ cup dry sherry
2 tablespoons diced shallot
2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
1 ⅓ cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 cup peeled and deveined bay shrimp
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Heat sherry in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir shallot and garlic in hot sherry until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir heavy cream into the sherry mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook liquid at a simmer until it begins to thicken, about 5 minutes.
Stir tomatoes and shrimp into the liquid in the skillet; bring to a simmer until the tomatoes have softened and the liquid thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 358.4 calories, Carbohydrate 11.4 g, Cholesterol 157.3 mg, Fat 29.9 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 9 g, SaturatedFat 18.4 g, Sodium 392 mg, Sugar 1.9 g