* Exported from MasterCook *

                 Shrimp Melts

Recipe By     :Debby Smiley
Serving Size  : 4     Preparation Time :0:20
Categories    : Appetizers                      Christmas Party
                Fish and other Seafood          Miscellaneous

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1              pound  Maine shrimp -- peeled and steamed
  1                cup  sharp cheddar cheese -- shredded
     1/4           cup  celery -- chopped fine
  2        tablespoons  onion -- chopped fine
     1/4           cup  mayonnaise
                 pinch  sea or kosher salt
              to taste  black pepper -- freshly ground
     1/2      baguette  Parisien bread -- sliced 1/2" thick

                        Variations:
                        Curry and Cheese Olive Melts: substitute
                        3/4 cup chopped kalamata olives for
                        shrimp.  Increase cheddar to 2 cups.  Add
                        1/2 tsp curry to cheese mixture

                        Bacon, Pimiento, and Cheese Melts:
                        substitute 12 ounces bacon, cooked and
                        crumbled for shrimp.  Increase cheddar to
                        2 cups and add 1 4 ounce juar diced
                        pimientos, drained

                        Ham and Swiss Cheese Melts: substitute 3/4
                        pound chopped ham for shrimp, 1 cup
                        shredded Swiss for cheddar and 2
                        tablespoons chopped red onion for onion.

Steam and cool shrimp.  Chop roughly.

Heat oven to 350.

In a medium bowl, gently combine remaining ingredients except for bread.

Cut baguette diagonally into about 20 slices.  Place on a cooling rack and
put in the oven for about 5 minutes, until top feels slightly crisp.

Spread mixture on one side of bread and return to the oven and bake for 10
- 15 minutes, or until mixture is melted and underside of bread is toasted
and crisp.

Let cool slightly, just until cheese won't drip.  Serve.



2006: Cooking Maine shrimp in microwave worked great!  Spread half pound
on a microwave safe plate and cook on Hi for 30 seconds.  Turn over and
cook for another 30 seconds.  Repeat with second half pound.  Shrimp are
plump and juicy.

Description:  "yummy baguette slices with cheesy shrimp on top"
Source:  "Cuisine at Home"
Yield:  "20 "
Start to Finish Time:  "0:45"

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 216 Calories; 21g Fat (85.0%
calories from fat); 7g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 35mg
Cholesterol; 261mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 2 Fat.

Serving Ideas : Also, can use 4 English muffins.
For lunch, perhaps slice a baguette in half lengthwise and serve as a sandwich.

NOTES : Rating: 8
        Cooking on the cooling rack makes it easy to remove the
        toasts all at once and to put shrimp mixture on top.  Put
        cooling rack upside down on counter to do this, as the
        "feet" will give you something to grab with potholders to
        remove from oven.