Red Curry Shrimp Skewers

Here's a great and easy appetizer/snack. Most complicated part is putting the shrimp and basil on the skewer......


Red Curry Shrimp Skewers
Makes 24 hors d'oeuvres


2 tablespoons red curry paste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
24 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
24 large basil leaves


Preheat broiler.


Stir together curry paste, oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt and atir into shrimp. Spread onto a broiler pan.


Broil shrimp 4 to 5 inches from heat until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes.


Thread base of basil leaf on a skewer, then thread shrimp, cradling it in basil by skewering tip of leaf. Serve warm or at room temperature.