CHRISTMAS RECIPES
Shrimp Christmas Tree
Ingredients
Equipment
- 1 (18 inch) Styrofoam cone
- 1 small box round toothpicks
Tree
- 2 pounds medium shrimp, fresh or frozen
- 1 1/2 quarts water
- 1/3 cup salt
- 3 bunches curly endive
- Cocktail sauce
Cocktail Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups ketchup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons horseradish
- 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- Generous dash of liquid hot
- Pepper sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Tree
- Thaw frozen shrimp.
- Place shrimp in boiling salted water. Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes or until shrimp are pink and tender. Drain.
- Peel shrimp leaving the tail section of shell on.
- Remove veins and wash.
- Chill.
- Separate and wash endive.
- Chill.
- Starting at base of cone and working up, cover cone with overlapping leaves of endive and fasten with toothpick halves.
- Cover fully with leaves to resemble a Christmas tree.
- Attach shrimp to tree with wooden picks.
Cocktail Sauce
- Combine ingredients and chill.