Seafood Platter

Create an impressive seafood platter with this easy recipe! Learn how to choose the best seafood, prepare it perfectly and arrange it beautifully. Perfect for any celebration!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword Grilled seafood platter, Seafood platter

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 496kcal

Author Alida Ryder

Ingredients

2 lb (1kg) garlic butter shrimp
2 lobster tails cleaned and cut in half
1 lb (500g) half shell mussels
1 lb (500g) white fish
fried calamari
olive oil
salt, black pepper and garlic powder

To serve

Garlic butter sauce
Peri-Peri sauce I added ¼ cup heavy cream to make a creamy sauce
Garlic butter rice
lemon wedges
chopped parsley

Instructions

Make the sauces before cooking the seafood and keep them at low heat.
The seafood will all require different cooking methods.
Mussels: Bring a large pot of water to the boil and add a steaming basket. Add the mussels to the steamer and steam for 4-5 minutes. If using whole mussels, steam until they open and discard any that don't.
Calamari: Dredge in seasoned flour and fry in hot oil until crisp and golden, approximately 3-4 minutes. Do this in batches if your pot is small.
Shrimp: Follow the recipe instructions for the shrimp.
Lobster and fish: Drizzle the lobster tails and fish fillets with olive oil and season with salt, garlic powder and pepper. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat and sear the lobster, flesh-side down, for 2-3 minutes until cooked through.
Grab your biggest platter then add the seafood. I prefer arranging the seafood in sections for an abundant appearance. Add bowls of sauce then garnish with chopped parsley and lemon wedges.

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