2,393 shell recipes

Celebrate the holiday by serving up this decadent delicious crab cake.

Risotto primavera packs spring vegetables into creamy arborio rice: green beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, carrots, and tomatoes folded in stages, finished with butter and Parmigiano. The garden in a bowl.

Butterflied prawns stuffed with Creole-seasoned crab, Parmesan, and mustard, baked and served with a rich tomato butter sauce. Bold New Orleans-inspired seafood at its finest.

A traditional Danish Smørrebrød spread with smoked salmon, shrimp, roast beef, ham, blue cheese, eggs and fresh fruit on rye bread. A stunning no-cook platter that feeds 12.

Pan-seared halibut over a mashed fava bean purée with fresh mint and lemon zest. A spring dinner that bridges tender flaky fish with grassy, herbaceous mashed favas.

Nothing is more fascinating and delicious than eating at the open- air street hawker centers in Asia, particularly in Singapore. Each stall serves a specialty, typically an honest, unpretentious, home-style dish for $1 to $3 a plate. This rice noodle dish is hawker food at its best. If done right, its fragrance will tell you how good it's going to be as soon as it arrives at your table.

Butter-seared shrimp served over a pool of emulsified green onion and basil butter sauce made with champagne vinegar and chicken stock. A refined, restaurant-quality plate ready in 30 minutes.

Sauteed Shrimp with Corn in Spicy Wine Sauce recipe

Shrimp in lobster sauce, the classic Cantonese takeout dish: egg-white-marinated shrimp tossed with ground pork, fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and silky egg ribbons. No lobster, all flavor.

The key to the subtly balanced flavors in this dish is using very fresh produce. Walnut sized new red potatoes from a farmers market work best.

A rustic Italian fish soup brimming with clams, tender white fish, leeks, and mushrooms in a tomato-wine broth. Feeds a crowd in just 35 minutes.

A French-style country pate with veal, pork, liver, and ham studded with toasted pistachios. Warm spices and white wine give it depth. Excellent served hot or cold. Serves 8.

A succulent chicken dish made with Canadian bacon, mushrooms, pimento-stuffed olives and lightly toasted almonds.

Chiles en Nogada, Mexico's patriotic dish: roasted poblanos stuffed with a sweet-savory pork picadillo, draped in a cool, creamy walnut sauce and scattered with ruby pomegranate seeds. The green, white, and red of the flag on one plate.

Crispy Asian-style crab cakes with lemongrass and cilantro, served with tropical fruit chutney for elegant seafood appetizers with Thai-inspired flavors.

Shrimp, cod, and calamari sautéed with garlic and tossed with tagliatelle in a simmered tomato-wine sauce with mussels on top. A showstopping Italian seafood pasta for a crowd.