Potted shrimps is a traditional English dish made with brown shrimp flavored with nutmeg and baked in butter.

The butter acts as a preservative,[1] and cayenne pepper may also be used.

[2] Regarded as a delicacy,[citation needed] it is traditionally eaten with bread.

Potted shrimps was a favourite dish of Ian Fleming, who passed on his predilection to his fictional creation James Bond.

[3] Fleming reputedly used to eat the dish at Scott's Restaurant on Mount Street in London.