Seafood Martini - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Gazpacho Sauce
    1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice
    1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
    3/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes in puree
    1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
    2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    2 teaspoons prepared white horseradish
    1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
    1 garlic clove, pressed
    Seafood
    1 cup plum, tomatoes cut into 1/4 inch cubes (about 3 large tomatoes)
    1 cup avocado, peeled and pitted, cut into 1/3 inch cubes
    1 1/2 cups cooked lump crabmeat, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (5 to 6 oz.)
    16 cooked peeled deveined medium shrimp
    1 1/2 cups cooked lobster meat (5 to 6 oz., cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
    lime wedge
    fresh cilantro, sprigs
Preparation
    Gazpacho Sauce:
    In a medium size bowl stir together clam juice, cilantro, tomatoes with puree, vinegar, lime juice, horseradish, hot pepper sauce and garlic. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. Can be made 24 hours in advance. Keep refrigerated.
    To assemble:
    Divide tomatoes, then avocado among 4 large martini glasses or deep goblets.
    Top with crab, dividing equally.
    Pour about 1/4 cup gazpacho sauce over crab in each glass.
    Divide shrimp, then lobster among glasses.
    Divide remaining sauce among glasses. Garnish with lime wedges and cilantro sprigs and serve.

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