Spicy Beer Shrimp makes an easy and tasty party appetizer. Serve with some warm crusty bread for sopping up all the tasty broth. The beer gives a unique and delicious taste to the shrimp and you can add as little or as much spice as you like.

Ingredients

12 tablespoons butter

1 Jar of Bellisari’s Calabrian and Sweet Tomato Fennel Spread

1 medium onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning

2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

2 bottles beer, Pale Ale

1/2 cup water

2 to 2 1/2 pounds medium to large fresh shrimp, unpeeled

Directions

In a Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.  Add garlic and cook 1 minute.  Add salt, Old Bay Seasoning, and crushed red pepper flakes.  Add shrimp.  Pour beer, water and Bellisari’s Calabrian and Sweet Tomato Fennel Spread over the shrimp. Stir and cook until shrimp just turn pink. They will continue to cook so be careful not to overcook them. Remove pot from heat and let shrimp sit in the beer mixture for 30 minutes