Shrimp in Spiced Phyllo with Tomato Chutney
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons minced shallot
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup peeled, seeded, and chopped tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/3 cup hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 6 (17- by 12-inch) phyllo sheets
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
- 30 large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Heat butter in a 10-inch skillet over moderately high heat, then saute ginger, shallot, and garlic, stirring, 1 minute.
- Add remaining chutney ingredients and cook over moderate heat, stirring, 4 minutes.
- Stir together nuts and curry powder.
- Cover stack of phyllo with 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap, then a damp kitchen towel.
- Remove 1 phyllo sheet, place on a work surface and brush well with butter.
- Sprinkle with one sixth spice mixture.
- Stack 2 more phyllo sheets on top, buttering each and sprinkling each with spice mixture.
- Cut spiced phyllo stack lengthwise into 5 strips, then cut each crosswise in thirds to make 15 (5 1/2- by 2 1/4-inch) rectangles.
- Place 1 shrimp lengthwise on short end of 1 strip and roll up, leaving head and tail exposed; then roll up 14 more shrimp.
- Arrange, seams down, 1/2-inch apart, on a buttered baking sheet.
- Make 15 more hors d'oeuvres with remaining (unused) phyllo sheets, butter, spice mixture, and shrimp and arrange on baking sheet.
- Brush tops of rolls with some of remaining butter and bake in middle of oven until phyllo is golden and shrimp are cooked, about 12 minutes.
- Serve shrimp rolls with chutney.
butter, fresh ginger, shallot, garlic, sugar, tomatoes, tomato paste, lime juice, fresh cilantro, hazelnuts, curry powder, phyllo sheets, unsalted butter, shrimp
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/shrimp-in-spiced-phyllo-with-tomato-chutney-104101 (may not work)