Serves: 8
Total Calories: 91

1 pound shrimp
1 tablespoon cooking vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
salt and pepper
2 tomatoes
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon flour
2 egg yolk
1 can palmitos or can of peas
2 boiled eggs
1/3 cup green olives
3 tablespoons chopped parsley

Use shrimp that has been cleaned. Heat the frying pan. Add the cooking oil and stir-fry the shrimp, add the finely chopped onion and season with garlic, salt and pepper. Add the chopped tomatoes without seeds or skin. Add a little water and let simmer. Whip the egg yolks, add the milk and flour in a blender. Stir into the shrimp mixture. Continue to stir so it will not scorch. When thick, add the chopped palmitos, grated boiled eggs, chopped green olives and chopped parsley.

Let cool. Mixture should be cold and thick before putting into the little pastry shells.

NOTE: The same shrimp filling can be used for some of the other recipes in this section. If the filling is for pastéis, it will have to be a little thicker. If it is for empadinhas or pie, it can be less thick. For rocambole use a thicker filling. Less thick if you just want to serve it over rice.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 91
Calories from Fat: 29

More Recipes from the A Taste of Brazil Cookbook:
Little Pies (Empadinhas)
Little Pies - Ground Beef Filling
Little Pies- Chicken Filling
Little Pies- Cheese Filling
Little Pies- Shrimp Filling
Mock Chicken Legs (Coxinha de galinha)
Cod Fish Croquette (Bolinho de bacalhau)
Cheese Croquette (Bolinho de queijo)
Meat Croquette (Croquete de carne cozida)
Meat Turnovers (Pastéis)
Fried Prawns (Camarão frito)
Melon with Ham (Melão com presunto)
Fresh Figs with Ham (Figos frescos com presunto)