Ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted1 garlic clove, minced1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce16 uncooked shrimp (16-20 per pound), peeled and deveined1/4 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon pepper16 cubes blue cheese (1/2 inch)16 fresh basil leaves8 bacon strips, halved1/4 cup finely chopped celery1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese1 tablespoon minced fresh basil
Preparation
Preheat broiler. Combine butter, garlic and pepper sauce. Cut a slit in each shrimp along the inside curve; flatten slightly. Sprinkle shrimp with salt and pepper. Press a cheese cube into slit. Wrap a basil leaf and bacon piece around each shrimp; secure with a toothpick.
Place shrimp on a greased rack of a broiler pan. Broil 6-8 in. from heat until shrimp turn pink and bacon is crisp, 5-6 minutes on each side, basting occasionally with butter mixture.
Arrange shrimp on a serving platter; sprinkle with celery, crumbled blue cheese and basil.
