Seafoodsaladcroissantsandwiches Recipes

Steps:

• Combine seafood, fennel and bell pepper in large bowl.
• Combine sour cream and next 5 ingredients in small bowl; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add sour cream mixture to saefood and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Fill croissants just before serving.

Steps:

• Place octopus in a large stockpot with garlic, 1 rib celery, carrot, white onion, bay leaf, and wine. Add 3 to 4 wine corks to pot to tenderize octopus. Place a lid smaller than the pot in the pot to keep octopus from floating and add enough water to cover by 3 to 4 inches. Bring to a boil over high heat; immediately reduce heat to a low simmer and cook, uncovered, until octopus is completely tender and easily pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, adding water as necessary to keep covered. Drain octopus, reserving cooking liquid, and set aside to cool.
• Transfer 1/4 cup reserved octopus cooking liquid to a large heavy-bottomed stockpot. Add mussels and place over medium-high heat. Cover and cook until mussels open. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mussels to a large bowl and set aside.
• Add clams to saucepan with cooking liquid; cover and cook over medium-high heat until clams have opened. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to bowl with mussels; set aside. Add squid to saucepan; cover and cook over medium-high heat until squid is translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer squid and cooking liquid to bowl with mussels and clams; set aside.
• Slice tentacles of cooled octopus on the bias into 1-inch pieces and thinly slice body; add to bowl with mussels, clams, and squid. Add radicchio, thinly sliced celery, red onion, parsley, olive oil, and vinegar to bowl with seafood; season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Let stand 2 hours; serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small baking dish, roast the potatoes for 30 to 40 minutes, until fork tender. Let cool completely and then peel and cut into 1/2 -inch dice.
• Combine the potatoes with the shrimp, salmon, crab meat, eggs, shallots, anchovies, cilantro and chives in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, mayonnaise and sour cream; fold into the salad and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter and serve alongside the salad. To eat, roll a lettuce leaf around a dollop of salad, like a spring roll.

Steps:

• Put mussels in a saucepan and add bay leaf and vinegar. Cover and cook about 2 minutes until mussels open. Remove from heat.
• Shell and devein shrimp. There should be about 2 cups. Split each shrimp in half lengthwise.
• Put rice and four cups of water in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add salt. Let cook 17 minutes or until rice is tender. Drain and let cool. There should be about 4 cups.
• As rice cooks, cut kernels from the corn. There should be about 2 1/4 cups.
• Cut away and discard core, inner veins and seeds of each pepper. Cut red peppers into thin strips. Cut strips in half crosswise. There should be about 3/4 cup.
• Cut green pepper into small dice. There should be about 3/4 cup.
• Bring enough water to the boil to cover the snow peas when they are added. Add salt and the peas. Cook 3 minutes and drain.
• When mussels are cool enough to handle, remove them from the shell. There should be about 1 cup.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet and when it is hot add red and green peppers and corn. Sprinkle with cumin. Cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp and cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Cover and cook about 2 minutes.
• Put rice in a large bowl and add cooked vegetables and shrimp, hot red pepper flakes, mussels, snow peas, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Combine vinegar and remaining 1/2 cup olive oil. Pour over mixture. Stir, folding over, to blend thoroughly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat and saute shrimp until pink. Add crabmeat and cook one more minute or until heated through. Set aside.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Transfer the shrimp and crabmeat to a large mixing bowl and let cool to room temperature. Stir in pasta, celery, bell pepper and green onion. Add mozzarella cheese, slivered toasted almonds, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with parsley, and old bay seasoning. Toss to mix thoroughly.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.