Blue Cheese-Stuffed Shrimp |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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Cooked shrimp become something more extraordinary when stuffed with blue cheese. The mild flavor has mass appeal.Amy Dollimount, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Ingredients:
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened |
2/3 cup minced fresh parsley, divided |
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese |
1 teaspoon chopped shallot |
1/2 teaspoon creole mustard |
24 cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined |
Directions:
1. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1/3 cup parsley, blue cheese, shallot and mustard. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
2. Starting with the tail end of each shrimp, make a deep slit along the deveining line to within 1/4 to 1/2 in. of the bottom. Stuff with cream cheese mixture; press remaining parsley onto cream cheese mixture. Yield: 2 dozen.
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