Skip to main content
Sharing potted shrimp
Photo: Dana DeVolk

Sharing potted shrimp

6 ingredients 5 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Sharing potted shrimp

Potting shellfish in a cayenne and mace-flavoured butter is a surprisingly simple fish starter that's great as part of a sharing platter

Share this recipe

Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

223
Calories
25g
Protein
12g
Fat
6g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Mace 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

  • 250g pack unsalted butter
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 280g cooked and peeled small brown shrimps
  • ¼ tsp ground mace
  • 2 good pinches cayenne pepper
  • juice ½ lemon

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe in our database. View the full recipe at the original source →
By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

Curious what else pairs well?

Use our flavor tools to explore molecular pairings, find substitutes, and discover novel combinations.