MONDAY MUSING (MARDI GRAS - 'A BUTTERFLY OF WINTER') ~ FIERY LEMON CAJUN SHRIMP

"Carnival is a butterfly of winter whose last real flight of Mardi Gras forever ends his glory. Another season is the season of another butterfly, and the tattered, scattered, fragments of rainbow wings are in turn the record of his day."

~ Perry Young

~ Fragile Wings

( my garden and Wings of Mackinac Butterfly Conservatory)

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FIERY LEMON CAJUN SHRIMP

~ a delicious real New Orleans, peel & eat, treat

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1 1/2 cups unsalted butter

4 cloves minced garlic

2 Tbsp. fresh rosemary

3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 Tbsp. Tabasco sauce

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 Tbsp. coarse cracked black pepper

1 tsp. sea salt

3 lbs. unpeeled large shrimp

2 thinly sliced lemons

French bread

• Preheat oven to 400-degrees.
• Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in garlic, rosemary, Worcestershire, Tabasco, and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper.
• Pour half of sauce in bottom of large shallow baking dish. Layer with 1/2 of the shrimp and 1 thinly sliced lemon. Repeat with second layer of shrimp and remaining lemon slices. Pour remaining sauce over dish and bake, uncovered for 20-25 minutes, turning once halfway through, until shrimp turn pink.
• Place in center of table (with bowls for discarded tails), offering plenty of French bread for dipping into the spicy sauce. (serves 6)