2006  2005  2004  

TEXAS



Chef Randy Evans: Brennan's of Houston

 




 

 

Wild Caught Texas Shrimp with "Biscuits and Gravy"

Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients:

AP flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salt
Shortening, cold
Buttermilk, cold

Portion/Unit:

1 cup
1/2 T
1/4 t
1/4 t
2 T
1/2 cup

Combine together the dry ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening, and mixing the buttermilk. Combine until just together. Roll out on floured surface 1/2" thick. Cut out biscuits & bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes.

Buttermilk Biscuit Pudding

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter
Julienne Texas 1015 onions
Sliced leeks, (rinsed thoroughly)
Sliced shallots
Shaved garlic
Bruniose celery
Buttermilk biscuits
Sliced green onions
Heavy cream
Eggs
Chopped fresh thyme
Salt & black pepper

Portion/Unit:

1 T
1 1/2 cups
1/2 cup
1/4 cup
2 cloves
1/4 cup
1 recipe
1/4 cup
1 cup
2 each
1/2 T
Taste

Melt the butter in a medium sauté pan on medium-low heat. Add the 1015 onions, leeks, shallots and garlic. Cook until caramelized, add in celery and cook until tender. In a mixing bowl crumble the cooked biscuits and fold in the onion mixture, thyme and green onions. In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and cream, and pour over the biscuits. Fold the mixture together and season. Place pudding mixture in greased 2 1/2" steel rings and bake for 20-25 minutes at 300°. Reserve warm.

Shrimp Gravy

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter, divided
Shallots, rough chopped
Tomato paste
Brandy
Vermouth
Black peppercorns
Bay leaf
Thyme
Shrimp stock
Heavy cream

Portion/Unit:

2 T
1 ea
1 T
1/4 cup
1/4 cup
1 tsp
1 each
1 sprig
2 cups
1 cup

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Sweat shallots until translucent, caramelize tomato paste. Deglaze with brandy and vermouth. Add pepper, bay and thyme allow to reduce till almost dry. Add shrimp stock and heavy cream and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the sauce almost coats the back of a spoon. Strain through a fine chinois. Reserve warm.

To Serve

Ingredients:

Honey-cured bacon lardons
Bias cut green onions

Portion/Unit:

1/2 cup
1/4 cup

Heat a small sauté pan over medium-high heat, add bacon lardons and render until crispy. Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add oil. Season shrimp with salt and add to sauté pan. Sauté shrimp being careful not to loosen the heads, add cayenne pepper. Once the shrimp are almost cooked, but still slightly grey in the center deglaze with white wine and honey. Allow shrimp to cook through, remove from pan and reserve in a warm place. Emulsify ice cold butter into the honey glaze. Bring gravy to a boil, remove from heat add 1 tablespoon of ice cold butter and emulsify with a hand held blender. Place biscuit pudding in center of plate. Surround with a pool of gravy and arrange shrimp around the pudding. Drizzle with honey glaze and sprinkle with green onions and bacon lardon

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