Shrimp Martini are fun little appies served up as mini-martini shots of shrimp cocktails in vodka sauce, perfect for entertaining.

Shrimp Martini

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

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This week along with many other Sunday Supper bloggers, I am posting a recipe for fancy appetizers suitable for hosting award show parties, such as the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, etc.

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Besides these type of parties, there are also other parties this type of food is good for: graduation parties, showers, special birthdays, Valentine’s Day dinners, or even DIY wedding receptions.

It can be fun to dress up (even if you don’t need to)- I have even been to murder mystery dinner parties where we all dressed up like gangsters and molls. If you use your imagination, a dress-up party can be so much fun and a great way to relax with friends.

This week, I am offering my recipe for shrimp martinis, which is sort of like a shrimp cocktail,  but cocktail sauce can be so boring. I’ve had parties where just shrimp on an ice tray with the usual ketchup-horseradish bit went untouched.

But these in the cute little glasses (which you can find at many party stores) attract a lot of attention, have a tasty Italian vodka sauce- infused with booze and martini flavors. Which most people love. But even though the vodka cooks, this is probably not a good appie for children, due to the nature of the glass-theme itself. But for adults, it’s great. If you have kids about, why not let them have fried or baked breaded popcorn shrimp in a snow-cone cups? They will be all the more happy for that with some ketchup on the side.

Whatever you do for your party, have lots of fun!

Tomorrow I will be posting with the #BreadBakers blogging group. We are doing pancakes and I will be posting my recipe for Swedish Pancakes. I hope to see you then!

~Sue

Shrimp Martini

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Marination time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings 20

Calories 116 kcal

Equipment

• 20 plastic mini martini shot glasses

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pound of 15-20 or 30-40 count cooked peeled shrimp
• 1/2 cup citrus vodka
• 26 ounces Italian crushed tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup bottled olive juice for making dirty martinis
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 fresh lemons thinly sliced
• 20 small green pitted olives
• 1/2 cup chiffonade of fresh basil
• 1 small French baguette
• 2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

 

• Marinate shrimp in the citrus vodka for a couple hours, saving the vodka to use in the sauce.
• Drain the shrimp and chill.
• Stir the vodka with the tomato sauce, olive juice, garlic and onion powders and butter in a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes or until thickened.
• Allow the sauce to cool 5 minutes, then whisk in the sour cream.
• Thinly slice the baguette into wedges and brush lightly on one side with the olive oil.
• Place under broiler until lightly toasted (you can work on the bread while the sauce cooks).
• Turn the toasts over and sprinkle with the Parm, and broil again until toasted on that side.
• Fill martini shot glasses about halfway with vodka sauce, hanging 1-2 shrimp over the side with a lemon slice behind that and a toast behind that.
• Sprinkle sauce with shredded basil and top with an olive.
• Serve at once, and if making a little bit ahead, don't put the toasts in the glasses until ready to serve or they will get soggy from the lemon and the sauce.

Notes

Allow for 1-2 hours marination time.
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Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 116kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 6gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.05gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 664mgPotassium: 175mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 312IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg

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