[Microwave] Shrimp de Jonghe

3/4 cup margarine
4-5 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1/4 teaspoon tarragon
1 tblspn. chopped parsley
dash of ground nutmeg
dash of dried thyme
1/4 tspn. chives, finely chopped
1/4 tspn. instant minced onion
1&1/2 tspns. salt
1/2 cup dry sherry
3/4 cup fine dry breadcrumbs
1kg. raw, shelled deveined shrimp

Method: Melt butter in a deep, 2 litre, heat resistant non-metal[l]ic casserole in microwave for 1 min. Add sliced garlic and heat uncovered for 2&1/2 minutes on high. Remove garlic from butter. Add tarragon, parsley, nutmeg, thyme, chives, onion[,] salt, sherry to butter and stir to combine. Remove 1/4 cup of seasoned butter and mix with 3/4 cup of breadcrumbs. Place shrimp in shallow 2 litre casserole with the remaining seasoned butter. Stir to coat shrimp. Sprinkle buttered breadcrumbs over shrimp. Heat uncovered in microwave for 10 minutes or until crumbs are brown and shrimp are pink. Do not over-cook shrimp as they will become tough. Serves 4.

Source: contributed by Dagmar Preusker in Angaston Kindergarten Jubilee Cookery Book 1955-1985. 1986 edition (Angaston, 1986), p.33.