Potted Shrimp

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• crackers or Melba toast
• ½ cup shallots
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• + 2 more ingredients
• • ½ pound shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 3 tablespoons medium-dry Sherry

In a large skillet cook shallots with bay leaf in 1 tablespoon butter over moderate heat, stirring, until soft. Add shrimp and salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Add Sherry and boil mixture until almost all liquid i...

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