Shrimp Dip

Shrimp dip is a simple, versatile appetizer that can easily be made into elegant single-serving hors d'oeuvres perfect for a fancy cocktail party or formal wedding reception.

Step 1 Tools and Ingredients

Ingredients
1 can shrimp, drained
4 oz cream cheese
1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
1 small clove garlic, grated
1 lemon wedge, juiced
zest from ~1/4 lemon
2 plum tomatoes (or other firm-fleshed tomato.  Mine came from Wild Boar Farms.)
2 lemon cucumbers or 1 English cucumber
handful fresh herb of your choice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground pepper (white or black)

Optional additions:
2 Tablespoons mayonnaise or sour cream (for a thinner dip)
capers

Tools
cutting board
knife
bowl and fork for mixing (optional: food processor)
small spoon
zester

Comments

[lemonie]

Super.
And the one-and-only correct brand of sauce.

L

[canida]

Really? I thought brown sauce was OK too.

[lemonie]

Brown sauce has too much sugar and bulk. But it's great with chips...

L

[Ninzerbean]

This is a keeper, great photos too.

[canida]

Thanks!

[zascecs]

Great pics

[canida]

Thank you!
I've been working on taking better food pictures - it's more difficult than you might imagine.

[zascecs]

Especially with a bad camera...

[l8nite]

Taking good pics can be very difficult but you did a great job on these. I guess that being able to just throw a net in the river and catch shrimp has spoiled me, I never realized you could buy them canned. I like to add old bay or crabboil seasonings to myshrimp or crab dips because thats how I usually cook them. Thanks for getting my taste buds working overtime.....

[canida]

I'm jealous of your easy access to great shrimp! It's hard to buy shrimp that aren't raised in scarily polluted ponds in SE Asia, so when I saw canned wild pink shrimp I nabbed a couple of cans. (Canned shrimp is better than no shrimp at all...)

Good call on the Old Bay. That's my seasoning of choice too.