Foodvana: New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp

(cross-posted to food_porn)

Pascal's Manale is a New Orleans restaurant on the edge of the Garden District, famous above all else for their barbecue shrimp. It's not really barbecue, by either definition I'm familiar with - it's not slow-roasted for many hours over an open pit, and it's not grilled outdoors. It's just shrimp - heads, tails, and all - served in an exquisite garlicky, peppery broth.

Pascal's Manale has never released their recipe for shrimp, but, as it happens, Southern Living magazine thinks they've come up with a pretty good approximation. curiousangel and I tried it tonight.
( the recipe follows... )