Shrimp With Apples And Snow Peas

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb snow peas, trimmed
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 2 large tart cooking apples, peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 3/4 cup
• 2/3 cup dijon mustard
• 3/4 cup heavy cream

Recipe

• 1 blanch snow peas in boiling water for about 3 minutes, then plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; set aside.
• 2 in a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter and saute apple slices over medium heat about 5 minutes.
• 3 sprinkle slices with the sugar and raise the heat, stirring slices constantly until they are lightly caramelized; reserve slices.
• 4 in the same skillet, melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter and lightly cook the minced onion, covered, about 25 minutes or until soft and lightly colored; raise heat and add shrimp, cooking about 3 minutes or until firm and pink.
• 5 remove shrimp from skillet and reserve.
• 6 pour the into the skillet and reduce it by 2/3 over high heat.
• 7 reduce heat and whisk in the mustard.
• 8 pour in the cream and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until sauce is reduced slightly.
• 9 drain snow peas thoroughly and pat dry; add them to the mustard-cream sauce along with the apples and shrimp; simmer together for 1 minute and serve over rice or pasta.