Creamy Shrimp Dill Puffs Recipes

SHRIMP AND DILL CANAPES

Steps:

• Blanch shrimp for 15 seconds and drain.
• Refresh under cold water and drain well.
• Reserve 25 of the smallest shrimp and chop remainder.
• In a bowl, combine chopped shrimp, onion, dill, lemon juice, cream cheese and mayonnaise and pepper to taste.
• Stir until combined well.
• Spread 1 tsp of mixture on each toast round, mounding, and top each canapé with 1 of the reserved shrimp.
• Preheat broiler.
• Broil in a jell-roll pan, about 4 inches from heat, for 3-4 minutes, or until pale-golden.

NERDMOM'S SHRIMP PUFFS

Steps:

• PUFF or PATE A CHOUX:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare 2 sheet pans with parchment.
• Boil water, butter, sugar and salt. While coming to a boil, prepare eggs.
• Add flour and remove from heat. Work mixture together and return to heat.
• Continue working the mixture until all flour is incorporated and dough forms a ball.
• Transfer mixture into bowl of a standing mixer and let cool for 3 or 4 minutes.
• With mixer on stir or lowest speed add eggs, 1 at a time, making sure the first egg is completely incorporated before continuing.
• Once all eggs have been added and the mixture is smooth, put dough into piping bag fitted with a round tip.
• Pipe immediately into golfball-size shapes, 2 inches apart onto parchment lined sheet pans.
• Cook for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Once they are removed from the oven pierce each puff with a paring knife immediately to release steam.
• SHRIMP FILLING:.
• In large bowl, combine all ingredients except hot sauce and mix until well incorporated. Add hot sauce to taste. Chill. Fill piping bag and fill Pate a Choux puffs accordingly.

SHRIMP CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• 1. Put hot water, butter, and salt in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add the flour and stir well until the mixture starts to pull away from the sides of the pan. Using a mixer, then add your eggs one at a time, beating after each egg very well. This step is very important. Drop by teaspoon onto baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 425º. Reduce oven temperature to 400º and bake for another 23 minutes. They should be slightly browned and this time could vary so keep checking them. Remove from oven and cool.
• 2. Mix all of the remaining ingredients together for the filling. Split the cream puffs when they are cool and fill with the filling mixture. Filling mixture keeps well in the fridge for several days.

CREAM SHRIMP IN PUFF PASTRY SHELLS

Steps:

• In a large skillet add in butter and melted over a medium heat add in the flour and using a wire whisk blending to form a roux add in heavy cream to form a sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Add in the shrimps, thyme, chives and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer over a low heat for 5 minutes and remove from the stove top and set aside to cool for an hour.
• Heat the oven to 350°F Beat egg and the water in a small bowl with a fork. Brush the pastry shells with the egg mixture. Place onto a cookie sheet and into the oven.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and place onto a rack to cool and spit the top third off and remove some of the center and fill with the cream shrimp's mixture and top off with the top layer.

SHRIMP PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a miniature-muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Split each biscuit in half and place each half in a muffin cup, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides.
• In a medium-size bowl, mix the cheese, scallion, mayonnaise, shrimp and dill. Place 1 tablespoon of the shrimp mixture on top of each biscuit. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the puffs are golden and bubbling.
• From Food Network Star: The Official Insider's Guide to America's Hottest Food Show By Ian Jackman. Copyright (c) 2011 By Food Network. By arrangement with William Morris Cookbooks/HarperCollins Publishers.