Crimped Shrimp

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup wine
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1 carrot, coarsely diced
• 1/2 onion, coarsely diced
• 1 celery rib, coarsely diced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 peppercorns
• 24 raw jumbo shrimp, peeled with tails on
• seafood cocktail sauce

Recipe

• 1 bring everything but shrimp to a boil in a large saucepan or dutch oven, covered. reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. add the shrimp, cover again, and simmer for 1 minute.
• 2 remove from heat and steep, covered, for 4 minutes.
• 3 remove shrimp and chill well (at least 90 minutes).
• 4 serve with cocktail sauce.
• 5 note: you can freeze the poaching liquid to use again -- just strain it first.