Creamy Seafood Rolls On Buttered Brioche

Creamy Seafood Rolls On Buttered Brioche
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For easy, stand-up eating at a cocktail party, I make toasted seafood rolls from thickly sliced brioche bread and serve them cut into quarters while the toast is warm. Because lobster proves pricey and labor intensive, I think a combination of tender shrimp, sweet langoustine tails and tinned lump crab make a superb filling. Langoustine tails, usually sold fully cooked and frozen, offer a sweetness similar to lobster and a tenderness similar to crab. This recipe was originally published in The Chicago Tribune. 
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
5
servings
Total time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1 pound peeled, deveined, raw large shrimp, 20 to 25 to a pound
  • 1/2 cup organic mayonnaise
  • 4 small green onions, trimmed, very thinly sliced, about ½ cup
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or ¼ teaspoon dried
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse (kosher) salt
  • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 12 ounce cooked langoustine tails (thawed and drained), or roughly chopped steamed lobster
  • 1 can (about 6 ounces) lump crab meat, drained
  • 10 slices (each ¾ inch thick) french brioche bread (or challah, pullman loaf or egg twist bread)
  • 4 tablespoon butter, softened
  • fresh dill for garnish
Directions
  1. Fill a medium saucepan half full with water and heat to boil over high heat. Add 1 pound shrimp, stir and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring once or twice, until shrimp are pink but not firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain. Let cool.
  2. Mix 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 4 sliced green onions, 1 tablespoon minced dill, 1 teaspoon thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4-1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Add cooled shrimp, 12 ounces langoustine tails and 1 can drained crab meat. Gently mix everything together.
  3. Spread softened butter over one side of each slice of bread.
  4. Heat a large nonstick griddle over medium heat until a drop of water sizzles furiously. Reduce heat under griddle to very low. Add 4 slices of the bread, buttered side up, leaving space between slices. Cook on low until bread starts to turn golden, about 1 minute. Flip bread so it is buttered side down and cook until golden, about 1 minute.
  5. Top half of the bread slices with about 1 cup of the seafood mixture spreading it evenly over the bread. Flip another piece of bread on top with the buttered side up to make a sandwich. Let sit on the griddle another minute to crisp the bread to a beautiful brown. Then transfer to a cutting board. Repeat to make all sandwiches.
  6. Serve sandwiches cut on the diagonal into 4 pieces. Secure with wooden picks if desired. Arrange on a platter and garnish with chopped fresh dill and dill sprigs. Serve.
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