Grits À Ya Ya Food

GRITS-A-YA-YA

Steps:

• For the grits: Run the chicken stock into a thick-bottomed saucepan and turn on high till it boils. Mix in the grits and stir like crazy. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add a little cream if you need more liquid.
• Then, tumble in the butter, add the creamed corn, drizzle in the rest of the cream and stir until it's all in the family.
• Shake in the shredded cheese and stir very well until it's nice and smooth.
• For the shrimp: While your grits cook, bring a large saucepan to medium heat. Add the bacon and cook for about 3 minutes, then add the garlic and shallots and saute. Add the butter and a splash of white wine and cook until the butter is half melted, then add the shrimp. Cook until the downsides of the shrimp become white, then flip them and add the spinach, scallions and mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes.
• Remove the shrimp. Pour in the heavy cream and let simmer, stirring, until reduced by one-third. Add salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste. Return the shrimp and stir to combine.
• To serve, spoon the sauce and shrimp onto heaping mounds of the cheese grits.

GRITS A YA YA

Steps:

• Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.
• Slowly pour the grits into the stock while stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat to low; simmer until the grits are tender and thick, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in 1/4 cup heavy cream to thin the grits.
• Stir in the Gouda cheese and 1/4 cup butter until melted and smooth.
• While the grits are cooking, place the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium heat; cook until the bacon fat is rendered, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the shallot and garlic; cooking and stirring until the shallots are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in the white wine and stir in 3 tablespoons butter, cooking and stirring until the butter has melted.
• Drop the shrimp in the skillet; cook and stir until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach, mushrooms, and green onions; cook and stir until the spinach wilts, about 2 minutes more.
• Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon.
• Stir in 2 cups heavy cream. Simmer until the cream is reduced by about a third, about 10 minutes.
• Season with hot sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Return the shrimp to the skillet to heat through.
• Serve shrimp and sauce over the prepared grits.