Southern Stuffed Shrimp

Ingredients

• 16 Jumbo Shrimp peeled and deveined (shell at tail left on)

• 4 tablespoons butter

• 1 small red pepper seeded and finely chopped

• 2 green onions finely chopped

• ½ teaspoon dry mustard

• 2 teaspoons dry sherry

• 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce

• 6 oz crab meat

• 6 tablespoons bread crumbs

• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

• 2 tablespoon mayonnaise

• 1 egg beaten

• 1 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese

• Paprika

• Salt and Pepper

Prepration

1. Butterfly the shrimp by cutting the shrimp down the curved side

2. Melt half the butter in a small pan and soften the pepper for about 3 minutes then add the onion for an additional 2 minutes.

3. Combine the peppers, mustard, sherry, Worcester sauce, crab meat, breadcrumbs, parsley, half of the cheese and mayonnaise. Add the salt and pepper and egg to bind.

4. Spoon the stuffing onto the shrimp, sprinkle with remaining cheese and paprika.

5. Melt the remaining butter and drizzle over the shrimp.

6. Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes, remove, and set the oven to broil, return to oven until browned.

7. Serve with hollandaise or creole sauce

Notes:

• Any kind of crab can be used from the stuff in the can by the tuna to the more expensive lump crab meat. If using the lump crab meat, be sure to sort out any shell fragments.

• I make my bread crumbs fresh by just dropping whatever bread I have laying around into the food processor.

• Be sure and to use freshly grated parmesan on the coarse setting

Keywords: Main Seafood