By Food Network.com

Get Your Grits On with Blackened Shrimp

Ingredients

6 servings

30shrimp

jumbo, u - 15, peeled and deveined, tails on

½ cupcajun blackening spice

plus additional for dusting

1 tablespoonunsalted butter

1 tablespoonolive oil

1tomato

small, diced

1 tablespoonfresh chives

diced

3 earscorn on the cob

husked

salt

pepper

1 tablespoonshrimp base

1 cupheavy cream

¼ cupunsalted butter

¼ cupall-purpose flour

2 cupsyellow cornmeal

1 cupall purpose flour

½ cupsugar

2 tablespoonscajun spice

1 cupbuttermilk

¼ cuphoney

4green tomatoes

canola oil

for frying

kosher salt

8slices applewood-smoked bacon

diced

¾ cupheavy cream

¾ cupwhole milk

¾ cupstone-ground grits

2 tablespoonsmascarpone

Instructions