Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce Recipe

This Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce recipe makes holiday entertaining easy and stress free!   An impressive and elegant appetizer spread that can be on the table in only 30 minutes.

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Is there a more festive month than December?  It’s all about celebrating the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, spending time with family and friends, going to parties, and hosting fabulous get-togethers at home.

Even though it’s probably the “funnest” month of the year, it’s also the most stressful.  I’ve got one (hyphenated) word for you to help keep your sanity while entertaining this busy holiday season.  Can you say “semi-homemade”?

How To Make An Easy Seafood Platter

The easiest way to make a seafood platter is to incorporate semi-homemade products and the key to implementing a truly successful strategy is to focus on only high quality products.  I love shopping at The French Market for the high quality semi-homemade ingredients for this recipe.  I like to use their all-natural store brand products for the affordable prices compared to the name brand varieties. 

Here’s what I added to my appetizer seafood platter:

• lump crab cakes
• wild north Atlantic lobster tails
• wild American shrimp
• ready made frozen appetizers
• pre-cut cheese found in the deli
• water crackers (my favorite is the cracked pepper)
• a variety of olives from the olive bar
• spicy snack mix
• dried fruit

A little story about one of all-time favorite grocery stores:  In Florida, I used to live 5 minutes away from The Fresh Market and went there on my weekly store runs…until I had to move to New England.  Literally, I cried for days because I was leaving my beloved store behind. 

There would be no more walking through the huge selection of amazing fresh flowers when I first entered the store or stopping by the bulk coffee bean section to grab a sample of freshly brewed coffee.  No more walking past the bulk bins of nuts, snack mixes, and dried fruit, and picking out my favorites to enjoy all week.  The exceptional, second to none, customer service I always received in the seafood, meat, and deli departments was soon to become a distinct memory.  Of course, the unbelievably tasty treats in their bakery was something I was going to miss greatly too.

Luckily, the area I moved to has The Fresh Market and it’s only 25 minutes away.  Guess all that crying was for nothing.  LOL!

A fantastic mustard sauce for seafood

For the seafood, I quickly mixed together a delicious homemade mustard sauce with just a few common refrigerator ingredients.   The tangy dry mustard and slight spiciness of the horseradish in the sauce pairs perfectly with the mild flavor of the seafood.  It’s my go-to sauce to serve with crab cakes, lobster meat, and chilled cocktail shrimp and ready to eat in just minutes!

Do you have a favorite place to shop for easy party food ideas?  Let me know below in the comments!  Don’t forget to PIN this Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce recipe for easy entertaining.

Looking for a non-seafood appetizer recipes?  Try these meaty stuffed cocktail meatballs or add these Easy Spinach Feta Bites to the platter too!

Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce

Make holiday entertaining easy and stress free with this impressive and elegant appetizer spread that can be on the table in 30 minutes!

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Course: Appetizer/Entree

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 362kcal

Author: Karrie | Tasty Ever After

Ingredients

For the Mustard Sauce:

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons milk, half & half, or cream
• 4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons prepared grated horseradish
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

For the Seafood Platter:

• 6 lump crab cakes
• 1 pound large wild American shrimp, peeled deveined, cooked, and chilled
• 2 wild North Atlantic lobster tails, cooked, removed from the shell, cut into bite sized pieces, and chilled

garnishes : lettuce and lemon wedges

additional accompaniments : assorted frozen appetizers, favorite cut cheese, crackers, snack mix, and/or olives

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Instructions

For the Mustard Sauce:

• In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together until well combined. Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.

For the Seafood Platter:

• Divide each crab cakes in half and form each half into a smaller sized cake (should have 12 total). Cook accordingly to package directions.
• Using a large platter, put down a layer of lettuce and place a bowl of the mustard sauce in the middle. Arrange the crab cakes, shrimp, lobster, and lemon wedges on top of the lettuce and around the mustard sauce.
  

  Serve immediately with the additional accompaniments.

Recipe Notes & Tips:

• Store leftover mustard sauce, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Nutrition Facts

Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 362 Calories from Fat 270

% Daily Value*

Fat 30g46%

Saturated Fat 4g20%

Cholesterol 235mg78%

Sodium 950mg40%

Potassium 142mg4%

Carbohydrates 1g0%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 19g38%

Vitamin A 40IU1%

Vitamin C 3.8mg5%

Calcium 141mg14%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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