Ingredients

  • 4 zucchini
  • 12 tablespoon butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 2 shallots, chopped
  • 1 12 cups white wine
  • 2 14 lbs raw shrimp, peeled
  • 4 sprigs fresh tarragon (chopped) or 4 sprigs basil leaves (chopped)
  • 1 14 cups light cream
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • salt and pepper

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350F and grease ovenproof baking dish with butter.
  • Set aside remaining butter.
  • One zucchini at a time, peel off narrow strips of skin lengthwise, leaving wider strips intact in between to create a striped effect.
  • Cut each zucchini into three pieces and scoop out and discard some of the flesh.
  • Steam for 10 minutes.
  • Melt butter in a skillet, and add shallots.
  • Cook over low heat, while stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
  • Pour in wine and cook for additional 5 minutes.
  • Add shrimp and three sprigs or leaves (chopped), season with salt and pepper, and cook for 3-5 minutes, until shrimp is opaque.
  • Remove from pan and keep warm.
  • Stir cream and mustard into the pan and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • During this time, chop the remaining tarragon or basil.
  • Put zucchini into greased baking dish and bake for 10 minutes.
  • Add shrimp to the cream sauce and remove the pan from the heat.
  • If using tarragon, remove the sprigs and stir in chopped tarragon.
  • Fill zucchini with shrimp and pour the sauce over them.