Description
Delicious shrimp and cheese bites on cucumber slices, perfect for appetizers!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon Kosher salt
- 24 fresh or frozen shrimp (cleaned and deveined; tails on)
- 1 English cucumber (also known as a seedless cucumber)
- 4 ounces soft goat cheese (room temperature)
- 4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 2–3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cut the lemon in half and add it and the salt to a large pot of boiling water.
- Add the shrimp and cook, uncovered, for 2 to 3 minutes, until the shrimp are pink and just cooked through.
- Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
- Drain the shrimp and refrigerate until ready to assemble the appetizers.
- Slice the cucumber into 24 rounds of ¼ inch each and set aside.
- Combine the goat cheese and cream cheese together.
- Add the fresh dill, lemon and seasoning and mix well.
- Put ½ teaspoon of the cheese mixture on each cucumber slice and place on a serving plate.
- Put a shrimp on top of each cucumber-cheese slice and gently press the shrimp into the cheese, spreading the mixture to the edge of the cucumber slice.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- Make sure the shrimp are cleaned and deveined before cooking.
- Adjust the amount of dill and lemon juice according to your taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: Boiling, Mixing, Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 2g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg