Salsa Shrimp Cocktail Shells

These creative shrimp cocktail cups will be an impressive first course at your next dinner party. Light and refreshing, you can have this delicious dish ready in just 35 minutes!
  • prep: 35 minutes
  • Serves: 6

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Mild Chunky Salsa
  • 1 medium avocado, pitted, peeled and diced
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 package (10 ounces) Puff Pastry Shells, prepared according to package directions
  • 24 peeled deveined cooked shrimp(35 to 40 count per pound), chilled

Directions

  1. Stir the salsa, avocado, cilantro and lime juice in a medium bowl.

  2. Divide the salsa mixture among the pastry shells.  Arrange 4 shrimp in each pastry shell.

Shells Recipe

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Always bake Puff Pastry Shells in a preheated 425° F oven. Do not bake Shells in a microwave or a toaster oven.

Place Puff Pastry Shells on ungreased baking sheets with “top” facing up. Place Shells about 2 inches apart on baking sheet.

To recrisp Puff Pastry shells, place them in a 400° F oven for 5 minutes.

Unfilled baked Puff Pastry Shells may be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.

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