Here’s a Seafood Lovers’ Dream – Gourmet Cassolette 🦀🍤✨
Rich, creamy, and perfect for special dinners.
🦀🍤 Seafood Cassolette (Gourmet Style)
🛒 Ingredients
- 8 oz (225 g) shrimp, peeled & deveined
- 6 oz (170 g) scallops
- 6 oz (170 g) crab meat (or lobster, optional)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 small shallot or onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup fish stock or seafood broth
- ½ cup grated Gruyère or Parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp flour
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
- Pinch of paprika or cayenne (optional)
- Fresh parsley, chopped
- Breadcrumbs (optional, for topping)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- In a skillet, melt butter and sauté shallot until soft.
- Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
- Stir in flour and cook 1 minute.
- Slowly add fish stock, then cream, stirring until smooth.
- Season with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Gently fold in shrimp, scallops, and crab.
- Spoon mixture into small oven-safe ramekins (cassolettes).
- Sprinkle cheese (and breadcrumbs if using) on top.
- Bake 15–18 minutes until bubbly and lightly golden.
- Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
🍽️ Serve With
- Crusty bread 🥖
- Rice or mashed potatoes
- Light green salad
💡 Tips
- Don’t overcook seafood — it finishes cooking in the oven.
- Mix seafood based on what you have.
- Add a splash of white wine for extra depth 🍷
If you want:
✔️ French-style version
✔️ No-cheese version
✔️ Short Pinterest / Facebook caption
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