Spicy Grilled Shrimp and Sausage Skewers W/Creole Mustard Dippin

Sports flavors of Bourbon Street - was in the 2/18/06 Post-Dispatch.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• For sauce

• 1⁄3 cup creole mustard or 1⁄3 cup stone ground mustard
• 1  tablespoon orange marmalade
• 1  teaspoon Tabasco sauce

• For skewers

• 2  bunches green onions
• 1  lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1  lb andouille sausage
• 2  tablespoons Tabasco sauce

Directions

1. To prepare sauce: Combine mustard, orange marmalade and Tabasco sauce in small bowl. Set aside.
2. To prepare skewers: Cover bamboo skewers with water; soak for at least 30 minutes.
3. Preheat grill or broiler.
4. Trip tops and white bottoms from green onions. Blanch green onions in boiling water for 30 seconds.
5. Drain skewers. Thread 2 shrimp and 1 sausage slice onto each skewer, twisting a strip of green onion around each skewer. Brush shrimp with Tabasco sauce.
6. Cook skewers 5 to 8 minutes or until shrimp are cooked through, turning once. Serve with sauce.