Seafood baked with cheese in bread

Such a seafood dish is baked in the cavity of a bread loaf, and for the filling you will need shrimp, crab meat and cheese.

Ingredients

• Cream cheese - 240 g
• Mayonnaise - 1/2 cup
• Dijon mustard - 1 1/2 tsp
• Small boiled shrimps (washed and drained) - 180 g
• Crab meat (finely chopped) - 180 g
• Hard cheese (ideally Monterey Jack) (grated) - 2/3 cup
• Green onions (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup
• Round bread - 1 loaf (about 450 g)
• Fresh vegetables for serving (optional)

Directions

1. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, mayonnaise and mustard until smooth. Add shrimp, chopped crab meat, 1/3 cup hard cheese and green onions to this mass, mix everything well.
2. Cut the top off a loaf of bread (about 1/4 of the loaf), carefully select the pulp from the bread without touching the crust (about 1.5 cm). Cut the cut off into cubes.
3. Put the seafood and cheese mixture into the bread cavity, sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Cover the composition lightly with foil and place on a baking sheet. Put the baking sheet in a preheated oven and bake the dish for about 25 minutes, then remove the foil and bake, for another 20-25 minutes, until the cheese melts.
4. Serve with fresh vegetables and bread cubes.