Note: Not for the faint of heart – flames about 2 feet high!!!  But really yummy!

Ingredients:

• 1½ pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 t kosher salt
• 2 T butter
• ½ c white or reposado tequila
• ¾ c crema or sour cream
• 1 scallion, thinly sliced

Instructions:

1. Toss shrimp with salt and ¾ t coarsely ground pepper
2. Heat butter in 12 inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides.
3. Saute shrimp, turning, until pink and just cooked through, 3 – 5 minutes.
4. Reduce heat and add tequila.
5. Increase heat to medium high.
6. Tilt skillet over gas burner to ignite tequila (or ignite with a long match). USE CAUTION – FLAMES MAY SHOOT UP HIGH!
7. Cook, shaking gently once or twice, until flames subside.
8. Remove from heat and stir in crema.
9. Serve sprinkled with scallion.

Serves: 4

Source:  Epicurious via Quick Kitchen (Melissa Rruggiero)

Could be done with scallops too.
Accompaniment: rice if using it for an entree.