Crimped Shrimp

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 cup white wine
• 14 cup rice vinegar
• 1 carrot
• coarsely diced
• 12 onion
• coarsely diced
• 1 celery rib
• coarsely diced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 peppercorns
• 24 raw jumbo shrimp
• peeled with tails on
• seafood cocktail sauce

Instructions

1. Bring everything but shrimp to a boil in a large saucepan or dutch oven, covered.
2. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the shrimp, cover again, and simmer for 1 minute.
4. Remove from heat and steep, covered, for 4 minutes.
5. Remove shrimp and chill well (at least 90 minutes).
6. Serve with cocktail sauce.
7. Note: you can freeze the poaching liquid to use again -- just strain it first.