Decked out caesar-salad caesar

Name: Decked out caesar-salad caesar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 slices PC Sweet Ghost Pepper Naturally Smoked Bacon; 1 tbsp maple syrup; 10 PC Loads of Ketchup Chips, crushed; 1 tbsp lime zest; 1 tbsp PC Black Label Smoked Paprika Spice; 2 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp coarse salt; 1.89 L PC Bacon Flavour Tomato Clam Cocktail; 6 oz tequila, (3/4 cup); 1/4 cup lime juice; 2 tbsp PC Authentic Louisiana Hot Sauce; 4 long bamboo skewers; 8 large grilled or cooked shrimp; 4 large grilled or cooked scallops; 2 cherry tomatoes, halved; 4 PC Olives Stuffed with Garlic, or 4 gherkins; 2 lime wedges; 8 leaves from a romaine heart; 8 spears of cooked asparagus; 4 celery stalks; 4 small claws from a lobster, cooked; 1 mini cucumber, quartered lengthwise

Prep Time20 min
Total Time25 min
Makes4 servings

By Chatelaine

Photo, Andrew Grinton.

We partnered with President's Choice to create amazing dishes that celebrate flavours we love from across Canada.

Ingredients

8 slices PC Sweet Ghost Pepper Naturally Smoked Bacon
1 tbsp maple syrup

Rimmer

10 PC Loads of Ketchup Chips, crushed
1 tbsp lime zest
1 tbsp PC Black Label Smoked Paprika Spice
2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp coarse salt

Cocktail

1.89 L PC Bacon Flavour Tomato Clam Cocktail
6 oz tequila, (3/4 cup)
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tbsp PC Authentic Louisiana Hot Sauce

Garnish

4 long bamboo skewers
8 large grilled or cooked shrimp
4 large grilled or cooked scallops
2 cherry tomatoes, halved
4 PC Olives Stuffed with Garlic, or 4 gherkins
2 lime wedges
8 leaves from a romaine heart
8 spears of cooked asparagus
4 celery stalks
4 small claws from a lobster, cooked
1 mini cucumber, quartered lengthwise

Instructions

BACON: Arrange bacon in a single layer in a large skillet over medium and cook until crisp, 7 to 8 min, flipping halfway. Brush 1 side with maple syrup and cook 1 min. Transfer to a plate.
RIMMER: Mix chips, lime zest, paprika, pepper and salt in a shallow dish. Set aside.
COCKTAIL: Stir clam cocktail, tequila, lime juice and hot sauce in a large pitcher.
GARNISH: Thread each skewer with 2 shrimps, 1 scallop, 1 tomato half and 1 olive or gherkin.
RUB a lime wedge around the rim of 4 highball glasses, then dip in rimmer mixture to coat. Fill glasses with ice and cocktail mixture. Garnish with bacon, seafood skewer, romaine-heart leaves, asparagus, celery, lobster and cucumber.

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