Shrimp with jalapeno cheese

16 appetizers

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Unpeeled large fresh shrimp
6 cups Water
1 pack Cream cheese, softened (o-oz.)
2 Pickled Jalapeno peppers, seeded & finely chopped
1 Garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons Cilantro, freshly chopped
¼ teaspoon Salt
18 teaspoons Pepper

Directions

Peel shrimp, leaving tail and first joint of shell intact; cut a deep slit down the length of the outside curve of each shrimp, and devein.

Bring water to a boil; add shrimp, and cook 3 to 5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Drain well; rinse with cold water. chill.

Combine cream cheese and remaining ingredients; beat well. Fill a decorating bag fitted with metal tip No. 21 with cream cheese mixture.

Pipe filling lengthwise into the slits in the shrimp.

Yield: 16 to 18 apetizer servings.

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