Easy Appetizer Recipes
Cold Shrimp Appetizer with Dill
These are make ahead appetizers because you can keep them in the refrigerator for a couple of days or freeze the shrimp mousse for up to a month. Perhaps you are looking for a sour cream sauce for shrimp appetizers, but what about making this delicious and creamy shrimp mousse recipe? This is a classy appetizer and it goes perfectly before any entree. Seafood appetizers, and especially shrimp appetizers, are always appreciated at gatherings and events and if you are looking for easy party appetizers, you will agree that this one is very simple to prepare and the fact that you can make it in advance is useful as well. This is a great appetizer for a spring or summer party because it is light, refreshing and served chilled. It is also good served in the fall or winter, just before a rich meat-based entree, to give a contrast.
This cold shrimp appetizer is perhaps unsuitable for expectant mothers because it contains raw egg, but it is great for anyone else. The truffle oil adds a touch of decadence and the flavor of the shrimp is amazing with the dill. The light, fluffy mousse texture is phenomenal and this is certainly a very impressive appetizer recipe. Hot garlic shrimp appetizers are always popular as holiday appetizer recipes but this cold shrimp recipe will also be impressive and give your guests something to lavish praise on you for.
Serve this delicious shrimp appetizer before a fish, meat or poultry entree. These easy party appetizers are not filling so your guests will still look forward to their entrees. This is a very simple recipe and if you have the ingredients and a food processor there is nothing that can go wrong. You can either spoon the mousse into the serving glasses for a homemade look or use a piping bag to get more professional-looking results. Snip the corner off a plastic bag and use that if you don't have a piping set. The result is pretty much the same.
Gourmet Shrimp Mousse
Ingredients -
1 ¾ lbs medium shrimp, de-veined and peeled
1 tablespoon truffle oil
3 eggs
½ lb unsalted butter, chopped
½ teaspoon white pepper
2 ½ teaspoons salt
1 ½ teaspoons chopped fresh dill, for garnish
Preparation:
Blend all but 8 of the shrimp with the eggs in a food processor until the mixture is smooth.
Add the salt, pepper, truffle oil and butter and keep pulsing until the butter is mixed in.
Divide the shrimp mousse between 8 glasses using a spoon or a piping bag.
Top each one with a shrimp and a sprinkling of dill.
(Makes 8)
Photo Description:
This cold shrimp appetizer looks elegant and tastes amazing. The ingredients used to make it are very simple but this is a light, fluffy and delicious concoction which literally melts in the mouth. The shrimp and dill garnish on top of this shrimp mousse recipe looks sophisticated and you can serve these easy party appetizers at any occasion, especially when you want to impress your guests. Serve these easy cold shrimp appetizers with breadsticks or whole wheat bread and butter for a fancy appetizer recipe which everybody will love.
