Shrimp in Spiced Phyllo with Tomato Chutney

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Make chutney:

   Step 2

   Heat butter in a 10-inch skillet over moderately high heat, then sauté ginger, shallot, and garlic, stirring, 1 minute. Add remaining chutney ingredients and cook over moderate heat, stirring, 4 minutes.

3. Make shrimp rolls:

   Step 3

   Stir together nuts and curry powder.

   Step 4

   Cover stack of phyllo with 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap, then a damp kitchen towel.

   Step 5

   Remove 1 phyllo sheet, place on a work surface and brush well with butter. Sprinkle with one sixth spice mixture.

   Step 6

   Stack 2 more phyllo sheets on top, buttering each and sprinkling each with spice mixture.

   Step 7

   Cut spiced phyllo stack lengthwise into 5 strips, then cut each crosswise in thirds to make 15 (5 1/2- by 2 1/4-inch) rectangles.

   Step 8

   Place 1 shrimp lengthwise on short end of 1 strip and roll up, leaving head and tail exposed; then roll up 14 more shrimp. Arrange, seams down, 1/2-inch apart, on a buttered baking sheet.

   Step 9

   Make 15 more hors d'oeuvres with remaining (unused) phyllo sheets, butter, spice mixture, and shrimp and arrange on baking sheet.

   Step 10

   Brush tops of rolls with some of remaining butter and bake in middle of oven until phyllo is golden and shrimp are cooked, about 12 minutes.

   Step 11

   Serve shrimp rolls with chutney.