Shrimp Newburg - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. (approximately) cooked, peeled shrimp
1/2 c. butter
4 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. salt
dash of cayenne
dash of nutmeg
1 pt. half and half cream
4 egg yolks, beaten

Preparation

Cut
shrimp
in
half.
Melt butter and blend in flour. Add seasonings.
Add cream gradually and cook until thick and smooth. Stir
constantly.
Beat
egg yolks; stir a little hot sauce
into egg
yolks.
Add
egg
mixture into remaining hot sauce.
Add shrimp
and heat through.
Do not boil or it will curdle.
Remove from heat and stir in sherry.
Serve over rice or puff pastry shells.