Crispy shrimp canapés with cocktail sauce is the perfect appetiser to serve on special occasions when you have guests. Filled with shrimp, corn salad and boiled qu l’ eggs, these canapés are both delicious and spectacular.
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Scald the shrimp
Scald the shrimp in a pot of boiling salted water for 1 minute. When they’re ready, set them aside.
Sauté the corn salad
Next, heat some olive oil in a pan. When it’s hot, sauté the corn salad, season to taste and also set aside.
Cut the filo pastry
Cut the filo sheets into 10 by 15 cm rectangles.
Fill the pastries
Put some corn salad, shrimp and a halved quail’s egg in the middle of each rectangle.
Close the pastries
Lightly moisten the edge of the filo parcels to seal them.
Brush the pastries
Brush the parcels with some beaten egg and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.
Bake
Bake the parcels at 170ºC until they’re golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes. When they’re ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool.
Fill with cocktail sauce
Fill a pipette with cocktail sauce. Just before serving the canapés, fill them with a little cocktail sauce.