Apple Shrimp Cocktail

The apple shrimp cocktail is a creative and unique appetizer. It is a delicious, crunchy, and sweet appetizer dish. A twist on the shrimp cocktail recipe, this recipe is elegant and a tasty dish to enjoy before the main meal. This is a great way to enjoy tasty red apples.  

Apple and tomato shrimp cocktails are appetizers with the tops of the apples and tomato removed, then the insides scooped out. They are then stuffed with shrimp cocktail sauce, shrimp, lemon, lime, cilantro, and onion.

Ingredients Details

For this recipe, opt for fresh produce and cooked shrimp. You can buy raw shrimp and cook them prior to preparing and serving them.

Shrimp: medium-sized, cooked, peeled, and deveined shrimps

Fruits and vegetables

Apples: Gala apples; alternatives: cosmic and honey crisp

Grapes: green grapes; alternative purple grapes

Tomato: red beefsteak tomatoes; alternative: red heirloom tomatoes

Cabbage leaves: fresh cabbage; alternative: green leaf lettuce

Cilantro: fresh cilantro

Onion: red onion; alternative: white onion

Lemon: fresh lemon

Lime: fresh lime

Sauce and seasonings 

Salt and pepper: plain salt and ground black pepper

Shrimp cocktail sauce: Heinz Original Cocktail Sauce. Alternative: Great Value Cocktail Sauce 

Ingredients

• 16 cooked, medium-peeled shrimp

• 5 cabbage leaves

• 4 apples

• 1 tomato

• 1 grape bunch

• 2 teaspoons cilantro

• 2 teaspoons red onion

• ½ lemon

• ½ lime

• 1 ¼ cup shrimp cocktail sauce

• Salt and pepper

Instructions

Cut the citrus fruits and vegetables.

Cut the lemon into thin slices.

Cut the lime into small wedges.

Cut the cilantro and red onion into small pieces.

The apples and the tomato

Cut and remove the tops of the apples and tomato. 

Scoop out the insides of the apples and the tomato.

Add ¼ cup of shrimp cocktail sauce to each apple and tomato. Add more or less sauce, if desired.

Add three shrimps to each apple. 

Add four shrimps to the tomato.

Add the lemon slices to the top edges of the apples and the tomato.

Add the cilantro, red onion, and lemon wedges to the apples and the tomato.

Seasoning

Add a pinch of salt and pepper to the apples and the tomato.

Cabbage leaves

Lay out the cabbage leaves on the dish, then add the apples and tomato on top of the leaves. 

Grapes

Add the grape bunch to a creamer cup.

Place the creamer cup in the middle of the dish, around the apples.