shrimp cocktail + artichoke-potato gratin
When Alex woke me up this morning, I was certain, and not for the first time, that he was indeed smoking crack, as it couldn’t have been even 4:30 in the morning, nonetheless 8. Someone really ought to tell him he can go back to bed for a couple hours, I mused to myself, but determining this to be a too-depleting energy expense, I simple rolled over and pretended he wasn’t there. After all, if he simply to wake me up this morning – if it is simply possible – he’ll eventually have to give up and I will be able to sleep uninterrupted, forever. I am nothing if not the height of rationality in the morning.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 27 of 34 ingredients — the other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 27 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Gruyere Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Artichoke | 1 medium (128g) | 60 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Cucumber | 1/2 cup sliced (52g) | 16 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| White Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Capers | 1 tbsp (9g) drained | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cocktail | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Horseradish | not in our table | 0 |
| Champagne | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Recipe the first was for shrimp cocktail. Seeing as my husband loves cocktail sauce almost as much as he likes pickles – “I would eat anything dipped in it,” he says with not a hint of joking – when I saw that the America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook had a sinfully easy recipe for it, I couldn’t resist.
- peppercorns, and even more out of the scandalous act of tossing in seven, and not five, coriander seeds. We’re all rebel yell, aren’t we?
- 1 pound very large (16 to 20 per pound) shrimp, peeled, de-veined, and rinsed, shells reserved
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 peppercorns
- 5 coriander seeds
- 1/2 bay leaf
- 5 sprigs fresh parsley
- 1 sprig fresh tarragon
- 1teaspoon juice from 1 small lemon
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 1/2 teaspoons prepared horseradish (I believed we used slightly more)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ancho or other mild chili powder
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 small lemon
- 3 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 small French bread or boule, cut into 1-inch cubes (6 cups)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large ripe tomatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 hothouse cucumber, unpeeled, seeded, and sliced 1/2 inch thick
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1/2 red onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
- 20 large basil leaves, coarsely chopped
- 3 tablespoons capers, drained
- 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 1/2 cup good olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon
- 4 small artichokes
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon garlic, finely chopped (about 1 medium clove)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 medium Yukon Gold potatoes
- 4 ounces Asiago cheese, grated (I used cave-aged Gruyere, because it’s my favorite)