Seafood recipes

If you're interested in a dip, here's a salmon dip we used to make at Harry & David when I worked there: 8 oz smoked salmon 8 oz softened cream cheese juice from 1 lemon 1 tsp dried dill salt & pepper to taste Flake the salmon and mix everything together. Chill and serve. If you want more texture and flavor you can add onion as well. Another dip that I make every now and then: 3 small cans of crushed baby shrimp (drained) 24 oz of cream cheese (softened) 2 hardboiled eggs (chopped) 1 tbsp grated onion 1/3 c. mayo salt & pepper to taste Just mix everything together and let it rest overnight, then serve.

What about this one: SEAFOOD IN A PUMPKIN (Serves 4) Ingredients 1 small size pumpkin 4 shrimps 4 scallops 80g fish fillet 80g cuttlefish 250ml chicken stock 2 tablespoons oil 1 teaspoon corn starch 1/3 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon sugar some garlic, fine chopped, and some ginger, sliced Steps 1. Open the pumpkin up by cutting off the top of it. Remove the seeds. And steam over boiling water in a large pot for 15 minutes. 2. Heat up a frying pan. Add oil, and then add garlic and ginger to stir-fry until fragrant. Add in sea-food to stir-fry for around 5 – 8 minutes or until medium done over medium heat. 3. Pour chicken stock into the pan and bring to boil. Season with salt and sugar, and then add corn starch in and keep stirring to thicken the sauce. 4. Pour the seafood into the steamed pumpkin. Serve immediately. (sources: http://www.beauty-tricks.com/beautyforum/viewtopic.php?t=37)

In truth, I don't really like scallops (so I perfer the water chestnut version), but I know these appatizers are super popular at parites. You can barely keep them on the tray! BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS 1 lb. fresh sea scallops (the lg. variety) 1 lb. sliced good quality bacon (not too fatty, preferably smoked bacon) Juice of 1 fresh lemon 2 tbsp. olive oil Fresh pepper Long toothpicks or skewers Mix olive oil, lemon juice and pepper in small bowl. Pour over scallops and marinate in refrigerator for about an hour. Wrap each scallop with 1/2 strip of bacon. Keep together with toothpick or put 3-4 on each skewer. Place on broiler pan. Broil in oven until golden brown and bacon is done to desired crispness. You can use whole water chestnuts instead of scallops. Serve hot.