G-Love’s own Corn Maque Choux “Mock Shoe”
2 teaspoon unsalted butter
1 cup small diced yellow onion
2-3 cup fresh corn that has been grilled and removed from the cob
½ cup small diced red bell pepper
1 small diced jalapeno
¾ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
1-2 teaspoon G-LOVE's special hot sauce
1 teaspoon fresh garlic
salt to taste
M.O.P.- Melt butter in a large skillet over med heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, 4-5 min. Add garlic, jalapeno and bell pepper and sauté foe 3-4 min more.
Add corn and mix well for about 1 min. Add cream, hot sauce, thyme. Simmer until sauce thickens.
Serve with white rice and a nice piece of blackened redfish.
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Shrimp and Grits With the G-Love Twist
-SAUCE-
¼ cup unsalted butter
¼ cup flour
1 yellow onion diced
4 bay leaves
1 clove
4 cups heavy cream
2 teaspoons G-LOVE's special hot sauce
1 cup tasso ham sliced into bite-sized pieces
2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
M.O.P.- In a med sauce pan on med heat melt butter. Add onion, bay leaf, clove , and cook until onion is soft about 2 min. Add flour and stir often for about 3 min to make a roux.( it should be a light brown roux) Add cream and mix until smooth and thickened about 3 min. Strain and add cheese, tasso ham and hot sauce, s&p to taste. Set to the side.
-GRITS-
6 cup quick grits
2 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
M.O.P.- In a med sauce pan add grits, water, and bring to a boil and cook for about 5 min. Add s&p to taste set to the side
-SHRIMP-
1 pound shrimp pealed and deveined
1 carrot sliced
½ onion diced
3 ribs of celery diced
1 lemon sliced in half
4 cloves of garlic smashed
1 teaspoon whole black pepper
2 teaspoons old bay
M.O.P.- In a large sauce pot add water, carrot, celery, onion, lemon, garlic, black pepper, old bay and bring to a boil. Add shrimp to boiling water, cover and remove from heat. let stand for 5-6 min and strain. (DO NOT RINSE)
-TO PLATE-
M.O.P.- Place grits on a plate make s small dent in the top of the "grit mound" put as many shrimp as you want on it and top with the sauce and garnish with green onions.
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