Shrimp and Lime Cocktail – Secret Recipe Club

February 20, 2012 by mydanishkitchen

Shrimp And Lime Cocktail

Guess what time it is? It’s Secret Recipe time!

This months assignment for the Secret Recipe Club was for me to go sneak around A Spoonful of Thyme’s food blog. The site belongs to Kate who is a seasoned traveler (I’m a little jealous here) and her lovely food blog is filled with many, many delicious savory and sweet recipes. Usually I am tempted to go for the sweet recipes but Kate has numerous wonderful shrimp dishes and shrimp is what was on my mind that particular day. And so I pondered for a while over the shrimp dishes and finally settled on this Shrimp and Lime Cocktail.

This shrimp cocktail is a zesty little dish and it’s quick and very easy to prepare. The combination of the tangy lime, sweet ketchup with a little heat from the hot sauce is delicious. The only thing I did differently was to serve it on a bed of baby spinach or even better you could also use finely shredded lettuce. Thanks Kate for sharing your wonderful recipe with all of us 🙂

Ingredients:

1 lb large peeled and deveined shrimp

1 teaspoon grated lime peel

1/4 cup lime juice

1/4 cup dry white wine

1/2 cup ketchup

a dash of hot sauce (optional)

baby spinach or shredded lettuce

Directions:

Cook peeled and deveined shrimp for 3 minutes or until pink, careful not to over-cook. Place in refrigerator to cool.

Using a microplane, grate the green outer layer of the lime and place in a small bowl. Juice the lime and pour juice over the grated peel. Add wine, ketchup and hot sauce (if desired) to lime juice/peel, stir to combine. Pour liquid over shrimp and stir to cover shrimp. Place shrimp back into refrigerator and marinate for at least 3-4 hours, preferably overnight. Serve shrimp cold on a bed of baby spinach or shredded lettuce. Enjoy!

Source: adapted from A Spoonful of Thyme

Posted in Appetizers, Salad, Seafood, Secret Recipe Club | Tagged appetizer, cocktail, lime, seafood, secret recipe club, shrimp | 15 Comments

15 Responses

on March 11, 2012 at 07:02 Shrimp and Lime Cocktail: My Danish Kitchen | The Secret Recipe Club

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on February 22, 2012 at 19:07 mydanishkitchen

Thank you so much everyone for all of your very nice comments. I appreciate every single one of them 🙂
on February 22, 2012 at 14:52 heidi

Great recipe – I love the colour of the lime juice, and all the colours in general. It looks like spring!
on February 22, 2012 at 07:19 Julie M.

That sounds delicious! I love shrimp cocktail in any form. I like that you laid it on a bed of lettuce as well. It adds an extra crunch and a bit more health to the overall dish. A great choice for the secret recipe!
on February 21, 2012 at 22:09 Lisa~~

I am making this very soon, what a delicious sounding recipe and so simple.

If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Group ‘A’ SRC entry: Crunchy Fudgy Heart Bites

Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
on February 21, 2012 at 06:40 Mar

I’ve recently started following your blog and the two recipes you have posted since are great! I’m a lover of Danish food and I hope I can try to make some of your recipes so keep ’em coming!
on February 21, 2012 at 02:59 Tes

Wow I really love how you present this dish. It looks so beautiful and delicious 🙂
on February 20, 2012 at 22:32 Rhonda

First: beautiful photo. Shrimp are always popular in my house, love it with the lime!
on February 20, 2012 at 20:48 beti

I love shrimp cocktail, I have it quite often and I always try to change it a little bit, you made it quite well it looks delicious
on February 20, 2012 at 20:36 Lisa { AuthenticSuburbanGourmet }

Shrimp and lime plus a bit of hot sauce – now that is a perfect snack. Delish! Glad to be part of the SRC group C with you!!
on February 20, 2012 at 16:52 Eliot

What a beautiful presentation! Glad to be in Group C with you!
on February 20, 2012 at 16:45 Kate

I am glad that you like the shrimp! I think your serving idea is great and something we will try. I think this was one of the first recipes that we had in our gourmet group…many years ago. It is an oldie but a goodie!
- on February 20, 2012 at 18:47 mydanishkitchen
  
  Kate, thanks for sharing the recipe with all of us 🙂
on February 20, 2012 at 15:42 Kelly

Great choice for SRC, this looks so delicious! So glad to be in Group C with you! 🙂
on February 20, 2012 at 15:40 Wendy (The Weekend Gourmet)

Lovely…with Lent coming, I’m on the lookout for good seafood-based recipes! Great to be in Group C with you!