Shrimp Chippewa, Twice Baked Potatoes and Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Y’all have probably discovered that I enjoy all of the seasons, but this particular time of the year in Alabama is so beautiful. Spring is on the way and I love seeing the last bits of winter disappear and all of the blooming flowers coming out again. Forget flowers and blooming – let’s talk food!
Shrimp Chippewa
3 sticks butter, cut
into 1/2-inch pieces
2 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, shelled
1 1/2 cups sliced
fresh mushrooms
4 garlic cloves, chopped
7 cups chicken
broth, boiling
1 1/4 cups chopped
green onions
1/4 cup chopped parsley
French bread
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add shrimp, mushrooms and garlic. Saute just until shrimp are pink, about one minute. Do not overcook! Stir in boiling broth, green onion and parsley. Remove from heat and add remaining cup of butter, whisking until melted. Ladle into heated bowls. Serve immediately with French bread.
Andy’s Note: This is a shrimp lover’s delight. Easy and delicious! I buy my fresh shrimp at Publix, cleaned, deveined and ready to cook.
Twice Baked Potatoes
4 large baking potatoes
8 slices bacon
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup Cheddar
cheese, shredded
8 green onions, sliced
Bake potatoes until done. Cook bacon until brown and crisp; drain and crumble. After potatoes are done, cool for about 10 minutes. Slice each in half lengthwise and scoop out the pulp, being careful not to tear skins; set skins aside. Put the potato pulp in a large bowl; add the sour cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper, one-half cup cheese and one-half of the onions. Blend well with a hand mixer until creamy and spoon mixture into potato skins. Top each half with remaining cheese, onions, and bacon. Bake at 350 degrees for another 15 minutes.
Andy’s Note: These are delicious! They are so easy to serve with this shrimp dish. Arrange them on a big beautiful platter and let your guests serve theirselves. You may also make a day ahead and refrigerate. So Good!
Cream Cheese
Pound Cake
3 sticks butter
1 (8-ounce) cream cheese
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups cake flour, sifted
1 teaspoon
vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon
almond flavoring
Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese in your mixer. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour. Pour batter into greased and floured tube pan. Start in a cool oven at 300 degrees. Bake for one and a half hours.
Andy’s Note: Please beat, beat, and beat this cake batter. Also, measure your cake flour after it has been sifted. This cake will be “sad” and weigh 200 pounds if it is not beaten well. My mother always had a fear of baking a “sad” cake.
Just a note: “Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell” will have a booth at Cottontails in Birmingham next weekend. Mary Fielder, Mary Langley and myself will be so excited to see some of our Gadsden friends. This will definitely be a new adventure for us.
Happy Cooking,
Andy Bedwell
“Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell” can be purchased at Alabama Gift Company in downtown Gadsden and The Messenger on Rainbow Drive.