Shrimp Puffs - Oamc
- 6 slices firm white bread (Pepperidge Farm is good)
- 1 lb uncooked frozen shrimp, deveined and shelled
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups gruyere cheese or 1 1/2 cups havarti cheese, shredded
- 1 teaspoon lemon, zest of
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- 1 dash pepper
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- Preheat oven to 300u0b0F Using small cookie cutter, cut out four rounds from each slice of bread.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake in oven for 10-15 minutes or until bread is crisp and dry, turning bread rounds over once halfway through baking time.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Heat butter and olive oil in heavy skillet and cook garlic and shrimp just until shrimp curl and turn pink.
- Remove from heat and set aside for 10-15 minutes to cool slightly.
- In large bowl, combine cheese, lemon zest, dill, mayonnaise, and pepper.
- Finely chop shrimp and add to cheese mixture.
- Top bread rounds with shrimp mixture, mounding and smoothing the shrimp.
- Freeze in single layer on baking sheet, then store in freezer container in single layer.
- When ready to eat, bake puffs, frozen, in preheated 400F oven for 10-13 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.
- Serve immediately.
- You can also bake the puffs without freezing them, in a 400F oven for 8-9 minutes.
white bread, frozen shrimp, garlic, butter, olive oil, gruyere cheese, lemon, dill weed, pepper, mayonnaise
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/shrimp-puffs-oamc-107665 (may not work)