Use this technique in a crowd-pleasing shrimp cocktail for New Year’s Eve. Here are two ways to make it.
Cooking shrimp in the shell yields more flavor in the cooked product; peeled, deveined shrimp proves more convenient for the cook. JeanMarie Brownson/TNS
Shrimp cocktail just may be the ultimate New Year’s Eve party pleaser. It’s perfect as a light first course for a more formal meal, or you can set out a platter of perfectly cooked shrimp alongside a zesty homemade cocktail sauce.