Recipe - California Shrimp Ring

2 pound Shrimp, fresh
1 Whole lemon, juice from
1 Envelope unflavored gelatin
2 tablespoon Water
1/3 cup Lemon juice, fresh
4 cup Cream cheese
Three fourths tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Italian parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon Lemon rind, grated
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
10 ounce Plum preserves
3 tablespoon Pickapeppa sauce
1 Head green leaf lettuce
1 Whole lemon, thinly cut or sliced up
Sprig Italian parsley,
garnish

Cook shrimp in boiling water until done. Douse immediately in cold water.
Drain, peel and devein. Chop half the shrimp into small pieces and set
aside. Place remaining whole shrimp in a bowl and squeeze lemon juice over
all pieces and toss. Cover bowl and set aside in a cool place.

Combine gelatin, water, and lemon juice in a saucepan. Stir over low heat
until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat.

Beat together cream cheese, sugar, parsley, lemon peel, salt and pepper in
a large bowl This is easier if cream cheese is soft at room temperature.
Blend in gelatin mixture and fold in chopped shrimp by hand. Pour into a 6
One half cut ring mold and chill to firm.

To serve: Layer lettuce on a serving plate and unmold salad on top. Combine
plum preserves and pickapeppa sauce. Drizzle over mold. Garnish lettuce
with lemon slices and parsley sprigs, and fill center of mold with whole
shrimp.

Recipe by: Delicious Decisions/tpogue@idsonline.com Posted to MCRecipe
Digest V1 #620 by Terry Pogue tpogue@idsonline.com on May 25, 1997