Creole Garlic and Shrimp Appetizer

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c Butter or margarine, softened
  
• 2 T Minced fresh parsley
  
• 1 T Minced shallots (heaping)
  
• 4 Cloves garlic, minced
  
• 1/4 t Paprika
  
• 1/8 t Cayenne pepper
  
• 1/8 t Salt
  
• 2 t Pernod
  
• 1/2 t Lemon juice
  
• 1 1/2 lb Shrimp, shelled and deveined
  
• Flour
  
• Olive oil
  
• 1/2 Juice of lemon
  
• 3/4 c Dry white wine

Directions:

1. Cream butter with wooden spoon for several minutes.
2. Add parsley, shallots, garlic, seasonings, Pernod and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice; mix well and set aside.
   Coat shrimp with flour.
   Heat olive oil in large skillet; shake flour from shrimp and add shrimp to skillet.
3. Sauté shrimp very quickly, about 3 minutes; when they start to turn pink, cook them on other side.
   Drain oil from skillet. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice and the wine and shake pan briefly over heat, about 1 minute.
4. Add reserved garlic butter and toss shrimp quickly with wooden spoon.
   
5. When butter is melted, serve shrimp immediately.

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