Fish & Seafood
Shrimp in creamy paprika cream sauce
Shrimp in creamy paprika cream sauce combines fine seafood with a very accessible, well-rounded sauce. The dish seems a little more special, but remains light enough to work well in everyday life.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 15 minutes
- Pan: approx. 15 minutes
- Total: approx. 30 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 3 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 405 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 27.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 7.4 g
- Fat
- ≈ 27.8 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 red pepper · ≈ 150.0 g
- 1 small onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 2 cloves of garlic · ≈ 6.0 g
- 1 tbsp olive oil · ≈ 13.65 g
Individual missing fat values were supplemented with documented comparable values from Matvaretabellen or BLS; these values are estimates too.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 400g prawns, raw and peeled
- 1 red pepper
- 1 small onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 50 ml white wine
- 200 ml cream
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- Salt
- pepper
- optional: some lemon juice
Instructions
- Dice the peppers into small pieces and finely chop the onion and garlic.
- Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté onion, garlic and peppers for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Deglaze with white wine and let it boil down briefly.
- Add the cream and paprika powder and simmer the sauce until slightly creamy.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the shrimp to the sauce and let it simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, depending on their size.
- If desired, top off with a few drops of lemon juice and serve.
