Saucy Seafood Newburg

SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• To make the Newburg sauce, combine the flour, paprika, curry powder, nutmeg, cayenne, and salt, to taste, in a small bowl and set aside. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add the shallot and cook for 3 minutes until it begins to brown. While the shallot is cooking, bring the milk and tomato paste to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat; be careful not to let it boil over. Add the flour mixture to the browned shallot and stir until mixed well with the butter. Add the sherry and whisk until smooth. Add the hot milk mixture to the flour mixture slowly, whisking constantly until the mix is creamy and thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Put the water, salt, bay leaves and peppercorns in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the scallops and boil for 3 minutes. Remove immediately and set aside. Do the same with the shrimp and lobster tail meat.
• Add the cooked shell fish to the Newburg sauce and bring to a simmer over low heat.
• Serve over white rice, garnished with the Gremolata and a side of Sea Salt Roasted Asparagus. If serving the Newburg on a large platter, arrange the asparagus around the platter edges.
• Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Trim the ends off the asparagus and toss the spears with the olive oil in a mixing bowl. Put the asparagus onto a sheet pan, sprinkle with the salt and put in the preheated oven until they begin to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and divide evenly among the 4 dinner plates.

LOBSTER NEWBURG

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks and heavy cream until well blended. Set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the egg yolk mixture and sherry. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Do not boil.
• Remove from heat, and season with salt, cayenne, and nutmeg. Add lobster. Return pan to low heat, and cook gently until heated through. Serve hot over slices of buttered toast.

SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Saute shrimp, scallops and lobster in butter.
• Add paprika.
• Move seafood to a crock pot set on low or warming dish.
• Add sherry to hot sauté pan and boil hard to de-glaze the pan.
• Add sherry and pan bits to seafood.
• In a saucepan (over medium heat) cook flour and butter and whisk until well blended and bubbly.
• Slowly whisk in milk pouring in a half cup at a time.
• Add cream slowly, whisking continuously until mixture thickens.
• About 3-5 minutes.
• (Cook longer for a thicker sauce or add water to thin it out. Use your own personal preference.) Season with salt and Cayenne pepper.
• Pour over warmed seafood and stir.
• Serve with linguini, saltine or common crackers or toast.

SHRIMP NEWBURG

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine soup, water and seafood seasonings. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; stir in shrimp. Heat through. Serve over rice.

CREAMY SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Remove the shells from the shrimp. With a sharp knife, make a shallow cut down the back of a shrimp and pull the dark vein out . If the vein doesn't come out easily, scrape it out with the tip of the knife. The vein is the digestive system of the shrimp, so it should be removed. Repeat with the remaining shrimp.
• Rinse well, chop large shrimp coarsely. Leave small to medium shrimp whole, if desired. Transfer the shrimp to a large bowl.
• To the bowl with the shrimp, add the lobster, scallops, or crabmeat along with the sherry, lemon juice, and nutmeg.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Add the flour and continue cooking for about 3 minutes while stirring constantly.
• Gradually whisk in about 1/4 cup of the half-and-half. Gradually add the remaining half-and-half, whisking constantly. Add the salt and continue cooking until bubbling and thickened.
• In a bowl, whisk the heavy cream with the egg yolk.
• Add to the thickened sauce while whisking constantly.
• Stir in the cheese and continue cooking until the cheese has melted.
• Add the seafood to the sauce and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the seafood is thoroughly cooked.
• Spoon the seafood Newburg over toast points , puff pastry shells, or hot cooked rice or noodles. Or serve the seafood over freshly baked biscuits.
• Sprinkle with paprika or garnish with fresh chopped parsley , as desired.

SAUCE NEWBURG

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the shallots and paprika. Cook, stirring, until shallots are wilted. Sprinkle the mixture with flour and stir with a wire whisk.
• Add the milk, stirring vigorously with the whisk. Add the cream, salt and pepper to taste. Strain the sauce through a sieve, preferably of the sort known in French kitchens as a chinois. Press with a spatula to extract as much liquid as possible from the shallots. Reheat and add the sherry.

SHRIMP NEWBURG IN PUFF PASTRY SHELLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cut puff pastry into 8 (4 to 5 inch) seashell shapes. (See Tip 6)
• Place on silicon or parchment lined baking sheet. Using a sharp knife, score top of each shell several times by cutting to, but not through, the bottom of the pastry to form the shell design. Bake in preheated 400°F oven for 20 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Remove from oven. Using a sharp knife, slice each shell in half.(See Tip 7)
• While shells are baking, melt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add green onions and green pepper; sauté for 5 minutes until tender. Add mushrooms; continue cooking for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in pimientos and dry sherry. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl; set aside.
• In the same saucepan, melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add flour; stir constantly for 1 minute, or until smooth. Slowly add cream; whisk over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Add vegetable mixture to cream sauce, along with dry mustard, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, and salt. Cook until heated.
• Add chopped shrimp; cook until heated. Correct seasonings.
• Place half of pastry shell on plate; spoon on shrimp newburg mixture; top with other half of puff pastry shell.
• Yield: 6 servings.

SEAFOOD AND PASTA A LA NEWBURG

Steps:

• Cook pasta in boiling water until tender. When done, drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a kettle. Add flour and blend thoroughly, cooking until smooth and creamy, about 8 minutes.
• Add the hot milk to the roux. Stir constantly until the milk is thick and smooth. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Add spices, lemon juice and sherry to the milk mixture. Blend well.
• Turn off heat. Add the peas, carrots and seafood to the sauce. Mix well. Add pasta and mix well. Turn heat on and reheat until the mixture is just hot -- do not boil. While reheating, add red peppers and blend.
• Remember to not boil. Heat it hot and serve. May use canned salmon in place of tuna.

SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Combine butter, flour and salt in a saucepan. Cook for two minutes. Slowly pour in milk and bring mixture to a boil.
• Stir sherry into the mixture (to taste), paprika, catsup and Worcestershire sauce. Place seafood in the saucepan and heat thoroughly. Serve hot.

SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Put all the seafood in a bowl and season with 1/3 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/3 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper.
• Heat 1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat.
• Add shrimp, fish, and scallops, and cook for about 6 minutes total, stirring occasionally. Make sure the pan is large enough that the seafood isn't crowded. If they touch each other, they'll steam. Cook in batches if necessary.
• When done cooking, remove from heat, put in a bowl, and squeeze some fresh lemon juice over it (about 1 tablespoon).
• In the same pan, heat 2 tablespoons butter until the butter bubbles but doesn't smoke.
• Add 2 tablespoons minced shallots, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg (optional).
• Stir a couple of times while cooking for about about 2 minutes (until shallots turn translucent).
• Add 2 tablespoons flour and quickly whisk everything together (this step takes maybe 10 seconds).
• Add 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup half & half and whisk until it reaches desired consistency. It'll take about 2 minutes for the flour and liquids to fully interact. Therefore, give it a little time before adjusting the desired thickness (by adding more milk or flour).
• Taste. Add kosher salt and freshly cracked pepper. Taste. Add 2 tablespoons of dry sherry and whisk everything for 30 seconds or so. Taste again.
• Get your (ideally pre-warmed) plates ready.
• Put the cooked seafood back into the cream sauce and stir for a couple of minutes.
• Sprinkle some roughly chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley on top and serve over pasta, or with some French baguette or garlic bread.

SAUCY SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Poach the seafood in water and white wine being careful not to overcook. Remove from pan and drain. Reserve a little for garnish
• Make sauce: Saute onions in butter making sure not to brown them-gradually add flour stirring well after each addition.
• Add the cream and soup. Cook until thick and creamy stirring continuously.
• Add Worcestershire sauce, sherry, lemon juice, salt, white pepper, nutmeg and paprika.
• Keep stirring.
• Add all seafood except the crab meat and carefully blend into the sauce- gently stir in the crab.Serve over rice, noodles or puff pastry shells.
• Garnish with some cooked shrimp or lobster pieces.
• Sprinkle a little fresh chopped parsley over.
• This serves about 12 for appetizers or 6 for entree..