Cucumber Shrimp Canapes - Gluten Free & Keto!
These Lemon Garlic Shrimp Canapes - with herbed cream cheese - Are easy to make, full of flavour, elegant, gluten-Free and Keto!
Servings: 35 Canapes
Calories: 77kcal
Equipment
- Disposable pastry bags Optional
- Coupler and Large Star Tip Optional
Ingredients
Marinated Lemon Garlic Shrimp:
- 1 lb Shrimp 30-40 size, thawed
- ¼ cup Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- Zest of 1 Lemon
- 1 tablespoon Finely chopped Italian Parsley
- ½ teaspoon Garlic powder
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
Lemon Herb Cream Cheese:
- 16 oz Cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ cup Fresh dill chopped
- 2 tablespoon Fresh chives finely chopped
- 2 Garlic cloves pressed or finely minced
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper
Assembly:
- 2 English Cucumbers
- Capers optional
- Additional dill for garnish
Instructions
Marinated Shrimp
- Peel and devein the shrimp, if necessary. Blot with paper towels and place in a ziplock bag.
- In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, parsley, and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour Marinade over the shrimp and chill for 20-30 minutes -NO MORE,
- Once time is up, heat olive oil in a nonstick pan. Strain shrimp off the marinade - you can discard the marinade - and cook over medium-low heat just until pink and cooked through.
- Remove from heat and place in the fridge until chilled.
Lemon Herb Cream Cheese:
- Beat softened cream cheese until smooth.
- Add dill, chives, garlic, and lemon zest to the cream cheese. Stir well to combine, season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Assembly:
- Use a sharp knife to slice cucumbers into rounds - I like to aim for about ¼" thick, on a bit of a diagonal.
- Spread or pipe cream cheese mixture on the cucumber slices.
- Place a chilled shrimp on each of the cream cheese topped cucumber slices..
- Top with capers and/or additional dill, serve immediately.
Notes
Nutritional values may show a little higher than reality - It's for the ENTIRE batch of filling being used.
Depending on how many shrimp you have, how big your cucumber slices are, and how heavy you like to pipe the cream cheese, you may not use all of the filling.
So, consider the nutritional info as a "worst case scenario"!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Canape | Calories: 77kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 82mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 0.2mg
