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Seafood Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce Recipe

12/04/2017 Updated: 07/24/2019 By Karrie 12 Comments

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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.

Seafood Appetizer Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce on table with other appetizers

Thank you The Fresh Market for sponsoring this post. Visit a store near you to get everything you need for a memorable and delicious holiday!

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"?

Display of uncoooked crab cakes, shrimp, and lobster tail for the Seafood Appetizer Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce recipe

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

Close up photo of Seafood Appetizer Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce on table

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!

Photo of Homemade Mustard Sauce with Seafood Appetizer Platter

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!

Shrimp from the Seafood Appetizer Platter with Homemade Mustard Sauce

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!

Top view of an Appetizer Platter with mustard sauce, crab cakes, lobster, and shrimp.

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!
5 from 2 votes
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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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      Holiday Entertaining is easy with this elegant semi-homemade #seafood platter @thefreshmarket #TFMfortheHolidays

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      Comments

      1. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen

        December 13, 2017 at 10:29 am

        I totally thought I was the only one who cried after moving away from the BEST GROCERY STORE EVER! In my hometown there's this store chain that's like a combination of Whole Foods and Safeway. They have everything you could ever need and moving away was nothing short of painful. But I'm not here to talk about my problems. . .I'm here for this amazing app platter! Hello, semi-homemade :). This whole thing looks fantastic!

        Reply
      2. Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks

        December 12, 2017 at 8:13 pm

        Fortunately for you we have The Fresh Market here in Charlotte or I would be landing on your doorstep! This is such an elegant and fancy pants appetizer platter! And I think I could cannonball into that mustard sauce! Cheers, K!

        Reply
      3. Agness of Run Agness Run

        December 12, 2017 at 5:32 pm

        Such an awesome appetizer recipe, Karrie! My mouth is watering after seeing your post!

        Reply
      4. The-FoodTrotter

        December 12, 2017 at 7:55 am

        OMG this is a dream-like Xmas seafood platter! I'm drooling

        Reply
      5. Thao @ In Good Flavor

        December 09, 2017 at 12:28 am

        Semi-homemade is a wonderful thing especially when it looks this good! This seafood platter is our kind of thing around my house and it would disappear in no time! Yum! Yum!

        Reply
      6. Katherine | Love In My Oven

        December 08, 2017 at 10:33 pm

        I want this platter served at the next party I attend so I can just hover around it all night. YUM!! I love all seafood and just looking at this is making me hungry.

        Reply
      7. GiGi Eats

        December 08, 2017 at 9:15 am

        You're lucky I don't live close... And you did not invite me to this party of yours because YOU KNOW this seafood appetizer would be gone in negative too seconds... Once I walked through the door. I have SPIDEY-SENSES for seafood (DUH) so yeah............ About that. Hopefully, you'd know to have a back up platter in the fridge waiting for when my tornado self-left, LOL!!

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      8. Katie Cr

        December 08, 2017 at 5:42 am

        5 stars
        This is one gorgeous seafood platter and that mustard sauce looks AMAZING! I am always making cocktail sauce, so I can't wait to try this recipe. I never think of doing a seafood platter for entertaining. I am so doing this for my my next dinner party. Thanks for the inspiration. xoxo

        Reply
      9. heather (delicious not gorgeous)

        December 06, 2017 at 1:25 am

        what a spread!! i try not to get full on appetizers, but that's definitely what would happen here (;

        Reply
      10. Dawn - Girl Heart Food

        December 05, 2017 at 1:34 pm

        5 stars
        I wouldn't cry over spilt milk, but I would cry if I didn't get to enjoy this! What a spread!!! This is my kinda meal and I'm pretty sure I could eat this on repeat all holiday season...and winter...and spring... you get the point. Wishing we had that market around here too - sounds awesome! Pinned! Hope your week is going good! XOXO

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      11. Nicoletta @sugarlovespices

        December 05, 2017 at 1:02 pm

        Yes, the holiday season can be stressful! So bring on this semi-homemade seafood platter! It will make a great appetizer, full of flavors!

        Reply
      12. Milena | Craft Beering

        December 05, 2017 at 12:12 pm

        I just booked a ticket - I will be arriving on Friday to stay with you guys until after New Year's Day. You can totally greet me with this spread you have going on here and I hope we'll go shopping for more seafood. I'm loving this appetizer, Karrie!

        Reply

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