Shelly's Recipe

SHRIMP-CHEESE BITES

Category: Seafood

1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup chopped cooked shrimp
2 oz farmer or chèvre (goat) cheese, crumbled
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup half-and-half
2 tsp chopped fresh basil leaves or 3/4 tsp dried basil leaves

Heat oven to 375. Place flour in medium bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture is crumbly. Stir in 1 beaten egg until well mixed. Shape into a ball. Divide into 24 balls.

Press 1 ball on bottom and up side of each of 24 ungreased small muffin cups, 1 1/4 x 1 inch. Divide shrimp among cups. Sprinkle with cheese.

Beat 1 egg and the egg yolk in small bowl. Stir in half-and-half and basil. Spoon about 1 tbsp egg mixture into each cup. Bake about 20 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from pans to wire rack. Serve immediately. Make ahead of time and put into the freezer. Reheat in oven.