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