RED SNAPPER AU GRATIN

            1/4       cup chopped celery

            1/2       cup chopped onions

            3          tablespoons oil

            1/2       lb. shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 cups evaporated milk

2 oz. Sauterne wine

6 5-6 oz. filets of red snapper

Salt, black pepper and Cayenne (red pepper)

6 slices bacon

 

Mix oil with onions and celery and cook in heavy iron

pot over medium heat until onions are wilted.
Add flour and milk, stirring constantly for 10 minutes, until thick.
Add shrimp; cook another 5 minutes

Season with salt, black pepper and Cayenne (red

pepper) to taste.
Add wine, stir and remove from fire

Set aside.
Place each filet of snapper in an individual

buttered casserole dish.
Cook in pre-heated oven

350° for 10 minutes or until fish is cooked.
Pour sauce over fish and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
Bake for another 5 minutes, or until brown.
Decorate each fish with 2 crisp slices of fried bacon and garnish with French fried potato sliced round.
Serves 6.