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Tea Room Seafood Pasta Salad Recipe

	Krumkake / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago When we lived in Charleston, IL, there was a small town a few minutes away (Ashland) that had the best tea room around. I don't know if they're still in business 20 years later, but I never ate a dish there that I didn't want the recipe for - their ... More Prep:30m Cook:8m Servings:8	Krumkake
	creamy seafood combination with lemon mayonnaise dressin

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Ingredients

1½ cups uncooked pasta rings or elbow or little shells or ditalini, etc - the smaller the pasta, the better

1/2 pound fresh crab meat (I prefer to use the refrigerated crab - or pick my own crab meat off the legs - over the shelved canned crab...it gives such a great fresh flavor that can't be matched by shelved or imitation crab meat)

1/2 pound fresh medium shrimp, chopped coarsely

4 chopped green onions, whites and some of the greens

1/2 cup diced celery (I prefer to peel the outer stalks of the celery first, using a potato peeler - try it sometime...the celery is tender and crispy without all the stringy-ness!)

¾ cup mayonnaise

1 teaspoon (or to taste) dried dill weed

dash or two of Old Bay Seasoning

juice of 1 lemon

salt and pepper to your taste (if even needed - taste it first)

Directions

Cook pasta per package directions; drain and allow it to cool completely.

Mix crab, shrimp, green onions, celery, and cooled pasta.

Mix mayonnaise with dill weed, Old Bay, and lemon juice; pour over salad mixture.

Taste salad; season with salt and pepper, if needed.

Keep salad well-chilled until ready to serve.

When garden tomatoes are in season, this salad is excellent served in a scooped out tomato; or serve it on top of a bed of crisp lettuce or romaine leaves, surrounded by sliced tomatoes and sweet onions cut into rings.

ALTERATION: Omit the pasta from the recipe and this makes a great seafood sandwich filling, especially on lightly toasted croissants, or crusty sub-sandwich type rolls, topped with lettuce and a tomato slice.

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Comments

borinda 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Yummy. If this were served in Maine they'd do it in a roll which resembles a hot dog roll like they do "lobster rolls". I remember those well. This is lovely.

poohbearlovesheavymetal 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Sounds totally yummy!

dandelion 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
My sister used to make a salad very similar to this one. I'll have to give this one a try. THX for bringing back a great memory. :)

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