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Molasses Shrimp Recipe

Ingredients:

*Yields 8 servings

• 6 Tbsp Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
• 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
• ½ cup rum
• 2 limes, zested
• 32 uncooked medium shrimp, peeled
• fine sea salt
• 8 metal skewers or 8 wooden skewers soaked in water at least 1 hour

Directions:

1. Combine molasses, ginger, rum and lime zest in medium bowl and stir to blend for about 20 seconds.
2. Thread 4 shrimp onto each skewer.
3. Preheat barbecue to medium-high or turn on oven broiler.
4. Sprinkle shrimp with sea salt. Place 3 Tbsp glaze in bowl and set aside.
5. Brush shrimp with some of remaining glaze.
6. Grill shrimp until just opaque in center, brushing occasionally with glaze, about 2 minutes per side.
7. Drizzle with reserved glaze and serve.

DO AHEAD: Glaze and shrimp can be made 8 hours ahead.

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