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Coconut Shrimp Recipe

with Apricot Pineapple Dipping Sauce – Spinach Salad – Rice Pilaf with Pine Nuts

Pair with Covey Run Pinot Grigio 2006 (review)

Coconut Shrimp Ingredients

1 – 25 to 30 count bag of frozen peed and deveined Jumbo Shrimp thawed
2 cups – Panko Japanese Bread Crumbs
¼ cup – Pineapple/Apricot Horseradish Sauce
½ cup – Pineapple Preserves
1 cup – Shredded Sweet Coconut
¼ cup – Flour
¼ cup – Canola Oil
¼ teaspoon – Allspice
¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
2 – Large Eggs

Rice Pilaf Ingredients

1 bag Uncle Ben’s 90sec microwaveable Rice Pilaf
2 tablespoons – Pine Nuts

Deluxe Spinach Salad Ingredients

10oz Bag Washed & Rinsed Baby Spinach
3 – Boiled Eggs
2 – Plum Tomatoes
3 – tablespoons real crumbled/shredded bacon bits (on salad dressing aisle).
½ cup – Kraft Caesar Vinaigrette with Parmesan dressing & marinade
1 cup – Herb Seasoned Salad Croutons

Prepare Salad

Thinly slice 2 tomatoes
Coarsely chop 2 boiled eggs
(set above aside)
Finely chop one boiled egg
Put finely chopped egg into bottom of salad bowl
Add spinach (pinch off stems if you want)
When Ready to Serve… add dressing and toss. Add bacon crumbles layered over top followed by coarse chopped eggs and sliced tomatoes. Top with salad croutons.
Serve

Prepare Coconut Shrimp

Add two large eggs to bowl and whisk
Add Panko Bread Crumbs, Coconut, Allspice & Kosher Salt to shallow bowl & mix well
Add Flour to medium bowl.
Coat shrimp one or two at a time in flour – dip in egg – dredge in bread crumb mixture coating evenly and put in shallow bowl.
Warm skillet or deep frying pan for 2 minutes. Add ¼ cup Canola oil.
Set to medium or medium high heat and add shrimp.
Cook 4 minutes per side until golden brown & done.
Place shrimp on plate covered with a layer of paper towels.

Prepare Rice Pilaf

Follow direction on package to make Uncle Bens rice pilaf. Put in serving bowl add pine nuts, mix well.

Horseradish Sauce

Add ¼ cup horseradish sauce to microwaveable bowl.
Add ½ cup pineapple preserves mix well.
When ready to serve place in microwave & heat 11/2 to 2 minutes. Stir well and serve over shrimp or on the side as a dipping sauce.

Finished Dish

Enjoy,

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Pan Seared Mahi Mahi & Pinot Noir Pairing

Tonight Mahi Mahi pan seared on top of bacon & onions served with spinach mashed potatoes.

Paired with Sterling Vintners Collection Pinot Noir Central Coast 2006. Dove dark chocolate pieces for dessert. This Pinot Noir pairs nicely with the Mahi & the dark chocolate.

You can view and print the recipe here Pan Seared Mahi Mahi

Sauvignon blanc also pairs nicely with Mahi Mahi when it is cooked with simple herbs spicse etc. The mahi & Pinot Noir pairing works better with the bacon& onion recipe.

Not as pretty as the “photo shoot” presentation but it was very tasty. The Pinot Noir paired better than Sauvignon blanc we drank last time we made it. Pan Seared Mahi with bacon & spinach/garlic mashed potato’s paired with Sterling Vintners Collection Pinot Noir

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