Cajun Ponchartrain Sauce

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings

Description

Serve this creamy Ponchartrain sauce, made with shrimp and mushrooms, over any grilled, blackened, or pan fried fish for a romantic meal for two.

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
8 fresh mushrooms, sliced
8 medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
1/4 cup whipping cream
garlic powder to taste
black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons Madeira wine

Directions

1 In a medium saucepan, saute mushrooms in 1 teaspoon butter until tender. Stir in shrimp, and cook until pink. Transfer to a bowl.
2 In the same saucepan, melt the remaining butter. Slowly mix in cream. Stir in shrimp and mushroom mixture, and season to taste with garlic powder and black pepper. Simmer over very low heat until thick. Just before serving, stir in Madeira wine.