Smoky Seafood Cocktails
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Here, Grace Parisi revamps the classic shrimp-cocktail recipe by including scallops and stone-crab claws, then tweaks the cocktail sauce by replacing the ketchup with bottled chile sauce and seasoning it with hot pimenton de la Vera and prepared horseradish.

Servings:
12
Prep Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Ingredients
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4garlic cloves, smashedsee savings

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1 tablespooncoriander seedssee savings

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1 tablespoonfennel seedssee savings

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1/2 teaspooncrushed red peppersee savings

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1 tablespoonkosher saltsee savings

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8 cupswatersee savings

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1lemon, plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juicesee savings

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1 3/4 poundsshelled and deveined large shrimpsee savings

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1 1/2 poundsjumbo sea scallops, halved horizontallysee savings

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1 cupbottled chile saucesee savings

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1 tablespoonprepared horseradishsee savings

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1 1/2 teaspoonshot pimenton de la Vera, smoked paprikasee savings

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24stone crab claws, cracked and chilled (see Note)see savings

Directions
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In a large pot, combine the garlic cloves with the coriander and fennel seeds, crushed red pepper, salt, and water. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from the lemon and add to the pot. Halve the lemon, squeeze it into the pot and add the halves. Bring the liquid to a boil and then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Add the shrimp and scallops and simmer just until white throughout, about 5 minutes. Drain the shrimp and scallops well and transfer them to a large plate. Leave the aromatics on the seafood. Cover and refrigerate the seafood until chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
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In a small bowl, whisk the chile sauce with the prepared horseradish, smoked paprika, and the 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Spoon the smoky cocktail sauce into a small serving bowl.
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Pick any aromatics off the shrimp and scallops and arrange the seafood on the platter or in individual glasses with the crab claws. Serve with the cocktail sauce.
MAKE AHEAD
The sauce, cooked shrimp and scallops can be refrigerated separately overnight. The cracked crab claws can be covered and refrigerated overnight.
NOTE
If you can't get cracked stone-crab claws, you will need to crack them yourself. Working with one crab claw at a time, wrap it in a kitchen towel. Working carefully, lightly crack the crab claw with the back of a knife or a mallet to expose as much of the meat as possible, leaving the pincers attached.
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