Shrimp Puffs - Oamc

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 slices firm 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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f using small cookie cutter, cut out four rounds from each slice of bread.
• 2 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.
• 3 cool on wire rack.
• 4 heat butter and olive oil in heavy skillet and cook garlic and shrimp just until shrimp curl and turn pink.
• 5 remove from heat and set aside for 10-15 minutes to cool slightly.
• 6 in large bowl, combine cheese, lemon zest, dill, mayonnaise, and pepper.
• 7 finely chop shrimp and add to cheese mixture.
• 8 top bread rounds with shrimp mixture, mounding and smoothing the shrimp.
• 9 freeze in single layer on baking sheet, then store in freezer container in single layer.
• 10 when ready to eat, bake puffs, frozen, in preheated 400f oven for 10-13 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.
• 11 serve immediately.
• 12 you can also bake the puffs without freezing them, in a 400f oven for 8-9 minutes.