Josie's Shrimp Yummies

 



Bill always asks me a couple of weeks into December what I would like for Christmas.  Of course, I answer a red Mercedes sports car, a diamond ring and on and on.  Actually, he’s on to me though and knows what I really will say and do want, a new cookbook!  And he usually comes through with flying colors; except for the year when he bought a cookbook offering 500 recipes for a slow-cooker.  I put the slow-cooker in our last yard sale many years before!

Anyway, Bill really delivered with style this last Christmas!  He gave me “Uncle Bubba’s Savannah Seafood” cookbook.  It was the perfect cookbook ~ I love Savannah, love Paula Deen and now I love Uncle Bubba, Paula’s brother!

Uncle Bubba says, “Yummy is truly the perfect word to describe this recipe, given to me by Joanne Lair.  I kid you not – when I first tasted these I thought I was eating dessert.  I’m convinced that the cream sherry make the difference.  I could eat an entire plateful and still want more.”  It’s a keeper!  Here it is:

Josie’s Shrimp Yummies

Ingredients:

1 sleeve Ritz crackers
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons cream sherry
Salt and pepper
12 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
Lettuce leaves

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
To make the stuffing, crush the crackers thoroughly and place in a small bowl with the melted butter and sherry.  Mix thoroughly, and add salt and pepper to taste.  The crackers will soak up the sherry and butter to make a thick paste.

Slice each shrimp down the back to create a pocket.  Stuff the shrimp with the cracker mixture.  Place in a lightly greased baking pan and bake for 10 minutes, or until the shrimp turn pink.

Arrange the lettuce leaves on a serving platter or on individual plates.  Place the shrimp on top of the lettuce and serve.

Yummy good for a Super Bowl party!



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