Seafood Dean Martinis Recipe

Seafood Dean Martinis Recipe

  • 6 ounces lump crabmeat, picked over for pieces of shell
  • 2/3 pound small, cooked shrimp–deveined, tails removed and coarsely chopped
  • 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers premium vodka, chilled
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • Salt
  • 1 stalk celery from the heart, finely chopped
  • 1 stalk celery from the heart, cut into chunks
  • 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce (eyeball it)
  • 1 cup chili sauce
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 8 jumbo olives with pimientos, for serving
  1. In a bowl, combine the crabmeat and shrimp with the vodka, lemon peel and juice; season with salt. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. In another bowl, mix the chopped celery, horseradish, hot sauce, chili sauce and pepper. Add the chilled seafood and toss; season with salt to taste.
  2. Divide the seafood among 4 chilled martini glasses. Skewer the olives and celery chunks on toothpicks and set in the glasses; set a cocktail fork next to each glass.