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Shrimps with Cream

Name: Shrimps with Cream
Ingredients: 680 Gramme Cooked shrimp — Fully COOKED shrimp weighed BEFORE shelling; remove all shells including tail shells, preserve actual unknown edible recovery.; 118 Millilitre Milk — Milk, one gill; source unit: millilitre; 177 Millilitre Cream — Cream, one and a half gills; source unit: millilitre; 2 Tablespoon Sherry — Sherry; source unit: tablespoon; 0.5 Teaspoon Salt — Salt; source unit: teaspoon; 1 Saltspoon (source measure) Cayenne pepper — Cayenne; source unit: saltspoon; 1 Saltspoon (source measure) Nutmeg — Nutmeg; source unit: saltspoon; 28 Gramme Butter — Butter liaison, one ounce; source unit: gramme; 1 Tablespoon Flour — Flour liaison; source unit: tablespoon

Shrimps with Cream Source : Alexander Filippini, The International Cook Book (1906), filippini-1906-2098. Adaptation documentaire ; illustration synthétique. Recette non cuisinée ni mesurée par cette campagne. Adaptations : Printed times are historical guides; record selected safe product, temperature and actual yield. Limites : Actual product weights, heat measurements, texture, finished yield and portion sizes remain unmeasured. Historical times are guides; retain the stated cooking controls and quantities.

Type: Main course

By Alexander Filippini · Posted Sep 29, 2026

Ingredients

Approximate equivalents. US customary measures.

680 Gramme approximately 1 and one half poundsCooked shrimpFully COOKED shrimp weighed BEFORE shelling; remove all shells including tail shells, preserve actual unknown edible recovery.
118 Millilitre approximately one half US cupsMilkMilk, one gill; source unit: millilitre
177 Millilitre approximately three quarters US cupsCreamCream, one and a half gills; source unit: millilitre
2 Tablespoon SherrySherry; source unit: tablespoon
0.5 Teaspoon SaltSalt; source unit: teaspoon
1 Saltspoon (source measure) Cayenne pepperCayenne; source unit: saltspoon
1 Saltspoon (source measure) NutmegNutmeg; source unit: saltspoon
28 Gramme approximately 1 ouncesButterButter liaison, one ounce; source unit: gramme
1 Tablespoon FlourFlour liaison; source unit: tablespoon

Method

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Step 1
Shell ONE AND A HALF POUNDS already-cooked shrimp, including tail shells; the printed weight is before shell loss. Heat with the milk, cream, culinary sherry and seasonings; boil TEN MINUTES as a guide and verify 74°C reheating. Knead the separate OUNCE butter with the TABLESPOON flour, add gradually while mixing and cook TWO MINUTES more until the flour is cooked. Serve in a deep hot dish.

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