Shrimp Madagascar - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 1/3 ounce) package fresh goat cheese, such as chavrie
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
24 shrimp, raw peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons green madagascar peppercorns, crushed
2 ounces licorice, flavored liqueur such as pernod*
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped green scallion

Preparation

Heat a large heavy saute pan over medium high heat Pour in oil
Season shrimp with salt and pepper
Saute the shrimp in the oil for 1 minute on each side
Remove shrimp from the saute pan and set aside
Pour out oil from the pan
Add peppercorns back to the saute pan and heat for 30 seconds
Deglaze with Pernod*.
Add goat cheese and chicken stock and bring to a boil
Reduce until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Whisk in mustard and return to a simmer.
Place shrimp back into simmering sauce to heat
Place 6 shrimp on each plate and ladle sauce over each shrimp
Garnish with chopped scallions
Great served with rice and carrot julienne
* licorice flavored liquor.