romantic dinner basket

Name: Romantic Dinner Basket
Ingredients: - for the shrimp cocktail sauce:; - 1 can beer, 12 oz; - 2 tbsp. shellfish seasoning; - 12 to 18 jumbo shrimp; - 1 cup catsup; - 1 tbsp. horseradish; - for the crab dip:; - 1 cup sour cream; - 1/2 cup mayonnaise; - 1/4 cup loosely packed chopped chives; - 2 tsp. finely grated lemon peel; - 1/2 tsp. frehly squeezed lemon juice; - 1/2 tsp. garlic powder; - 1/2 tsp. salt; - 1 pkg. flaked snow or king crabmeat, 1 lb.; - bottle of wine, towels, candles, crackers, matchsticks

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Lynnda Cloutier

Mission Viejo, CA

Updated on Feb 7, 2013

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Ingredients

- for the shrimp cocktail sauce:
- 1 can beer, 12 oz
- 2 tbsp. shellfish seasoning
- 12 to 18 jumbo shrimp
- 1 cup catsup
- 1 tbsp. horseradish
- for the crab dip:
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup loosely packed chopped chives
- 2 tsp. finely grated lemon peel
- 1/2 tsp. frehly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 pkg. flaked snow or king crabmeat, 1 lb.
- bottle of wine, towels, candles, crackers, matchsticks

How To Make romantic dinner basket

Step 1

Fill a large pan with water; add beer and shellfish seasoning. Bring to a boil. add shrimp. Cover and boil til shrimp are pink, 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 2

Drain shrimp, let cool and peel. Using a sharp knife, cut a lit along the back of each shrimp; remove dark vein. Chill shrimp in covered container.
Step 3

In small container, mix the ketchup and horseradish. cover and chill.
Step 4

In medium bowl, mix sour cream, mayonnaise, chives, lemon peel, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt. Mix well. Stir in crabmeat. Put the crab dip in a tightly sealed container. Refrigerate til ready to use.
Step 5

To assemble the basket, in the bottom of basket, arrange shrimp, cocktail sauce, and crab dip. Put a bottle of wine near the middle of the basket. Tuck a towel around the bottle. Add wine glasses, using the napkins to cushion them.
Step 6

Arrange breadsticks, crackers, candles, candlesticks and matches around the other items.
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