Shrimp Cake

Chef Chuck Harris

Chef Chuck Harris of the Spindletop Steakhouse created this as one of dishes at the 2009 Great American Seafood Cook-Off.

Ingredients

4 oz Olive Oil
1 oz Shallot finely diced
1 cup Risotto
3 1/2 cups Shrimp stock
10 16/20 count Shrimp cleaned & diced
3oz Andouille sausage finely diced
Blackening seasoning (Tex Joy) - to taste
1 oz Butter
1 oz Parmesan
3/4 cups Flour seasoned with salt & pepper
1/2 cup eggs wash
1 cup Panko 

Directions

In 3oz of heated olive oil in a large sauté pan or pot sweat shallot, garlic and celery.
Add Risotto and stir until grains are coated with oil. Slowly add stock remembering to stir often.
In separate sauté pan add remaining olive oil sautéed diced shrimp and Andouille sausage. Risotto should be creamy but al dente, fold in butter, parmesan, shrimp and sausage. Add Blacking season to taste.
Spread shrimp and risotto cake mix out on to sheet pan and place in refrigerator to cool.
Once cooled enough to handle form into cakes.
Dredge Cakes in flour then egg wash and then panko.
Fry in oil at 350 degrees until golden brown and hot in center.

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